ChiloDB – a genomic and transcriptome database for an important rice insect pest Chilo suppressalis

ChiloDB is an integrated resource that will be of use to the rice stem borer research community. The rice striped stem borer (SSB), Chilo suppressalis Walker, is a major rice pest that causes severe yield losses in most rice-producing countries. A draft genome of this insect is available.

The aims of ChiloDB are:

(i) to store recently acquired genomic sequence and transcriptome data and integrate them with protein-coding genes, microRNAs, piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data and

(ii) to provide comprehensive search tools and downloadable data sets for comparative genomics and gene annotation of this important rice pest.

ChiloDB contains the first version of the official SSB gene set, comprising 80 479 scaffolds and 10 221 annotated protein-coding genes.y – http://ento.njau.edu.cn/ChiloDB