Entomopathogenic fungi are potential pesticides as biological control agents. However, many previous studies have focused on basic researches to control pest using insect-pathogenic fungi. Herein, the molecular characteristics of insect defense mechanisms against fungal pathogens and fungal pathogenicity to insects were investigated. The whole genome of Beauveria bassiana (Bb) JEF-007 was sequenced (36,538,394 bp) using Pacbio sequencing. Based on this data, the transcriptomes of bean bug and fungus were analyzed using RNA-seq. In the transcriptome analyses, six and five genes were validated to be involved in the fungal pathogenicity and insect defense, respectively. This work can provide an understanding of the insect-pathogen interactions

• Se Jin Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University)
• Sihyeon Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University)
• Jong Cheol Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University)
• Mi Rong Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University)
• Jae Su Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University Plant Medical Research Center, Chonbuk National University)