The early transcriptome response of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) to mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) feeding

• Molemi E. Rauwane ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: rauwaneme@gmail.com

  Affiliations Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort, South Africa, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8717-051X

  ⨯
• Damaris A. Odeny,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICRISAT–Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

  ⨯
• Ian Millar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosystematics Division, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, Queenswood, Pretoria, South Africa

  ⨯
• Chrissie Rey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  ⨯
• Jasper Rees

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort, South Africa

  ⨯