Developing a non-destructive metabarcoding protocol for detection of pest insects in bulk trap catches

Abstract Metabarcoding has the potential to revolutionise insect surveillance by providing high-throughput and cost-effective species identification of all specimens within mixed trap catches. Nevertheless, incorporation of metabarcoding into insect diagnostic laboratories will first require the dev...

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Main Authors: Jana Batovska, Alexander M. Piper, Isabel Valenzuela, John Paul Cunningham, Mark J. Blacket
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85855-6