Genetic insights into the evolutionary history of major insect pests

AbstractUnderstanding how key insect pests have evolved over time and what it implies for the future of agriculture depends on knowing about their past of existence. Advanced genomic techniques are applied in this work to investigate the evolutionary background of important insect pests. It examines their population changes throughout time as well as their evolving traits. This study provide population genetic research and next generation sequencing-based evolutionary relationships between many pest taxa. Case studies of insects such as the cotton bollworm and the Asian tiger mosquito reveal how genetic diversity shapes population structure and resistance of organisms.