The venom composition and parthenogenesis mechanism of the parasitoid wasp Microctonus hyperodae, a declining biocontrol agent

We used transcriptomics to first de novo assemble a transcriptome assembly for the parasitoid biocontrol agent Microctonus hyperodae. The assembly and RNA-seq data was used to better characterise the venom composition, and investigate the asexual reproduction mechanism of the parasitoid.