These data were collected by students at Tougaloo College in Fall 2019. 

Beetles were reared on black-eyed peas. 

Beetles were from the LB strain and adapted to their host bean for many generations.

Beetles were males and females.

Beetles were adults.

Beetles were surface-sterilized.

Beetles were extracted with QIAGEN DNA-Easy kits.

Sequences are for the v4 region.

MiSeq sequencing was done by MrDNA labs. 



For more information, contact Lianna Li at lli@tougaloo.edu.