Population genomics of fall armyworm by genotyping-by-sequencing: Implications for pest management

Tamylin Kaori Ishizuka, Erick Mauricio Goes Cordeiro, Alessandro Alves-Pereira, Carlos Eduardo de Araújo Batista, María Gabriela Murúa, José Baldin Pinheiro, Amit Sethi, Rodney N Nagoshi, Josemar Foresti and Maria Imaculada Zucchi

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a significant pest of many crops in the world and it is native to the Americas, where the species has shown the ability to rapidly evolve resistance to insecticides and transgenic plants. Despite the importance of this species, there is a gap in the knowledge regarding the genetic structure of FAW in South America. Here, we examined the genetic diversity of FAW populations across a wide agricultural area of Brazil and Argentina using a Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) approach. We also characterized samples by their host strain based on mitochondrial and Z-linked genetic markers. The GBS methodology enabled us to discover 3309 SNPs, including neutral and outlier markers. Data showed significant genetic structure between Brazil and Argentina populations, and also among the Argentinian ecoregions. Populations inside Brazil showed little genetic differentiation indicating high gene flow among locations and confirming that structure is related to the presence of corn and rice strains. Outlier analysis indicated 456 loci putatively under selection, including genes possibly related to resistance evolution. This study provides clarification of the population genetic structure of FAW in South America and highlights the importance of genomic research to understand the risks of spread of resistance genes.

Date: 2023
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