Genomes of the cosmopolitan fruit pest Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) reveal its global invasion history and thermal adaptation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2022.12.012
• Publication Date: 2022-12-24T02:27:50Z
• Authors: Yue Zhang; Shanlin Liu; Marc De Meyer; Zuxing Liao; Yan Zhao; Massimiliano Virg...; Shiqian Feng; Yujia Qin; Sandeep Singh; Suk Ling Wee; Fan Jiang; Shaokun Guo; Hu Li; Pablo Deschepper; Sam Vanbergen; Hélène Delatte; Alies van Sauers-...; Tati Suryati Syam...; Anastasia Priscil...; Muo Kasina; Kemo Badji; Fazal Said; Lijun Liu; Zihua Zhao; Zhihong Li
• Keywords: stress thermique; 0301 basic medicine; Medicine (General); Science (General); http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3825; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3506; Invasion routes and history; provenance; adaptation; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49865; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_117; génomique; Q1-390; 03 medical and health sciences; R5-920; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36022; Species delimitation; Animals; Humans; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3224; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4510; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_11488; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3122; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33628; génome; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7260; Tephritidae; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_165; Temperature; espèce envahissante; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92382; H10 - Ravageurs des plantes; Chromosome-level genome assembly; Bactrocera dorsalis; Thermal adaptation; Bactrocera; Larva; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16022; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1556; Original Article; Resequencing; Genome-Wide Association Study

The oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis is one of the most destructive agricultural pests worldwide, with highly debated species delimitation, origin, and global spread routes.Our study intended to (i) resolve the taxonomic uncertainties between B. dorsalis and B. carambolae, (ii) reveal the population structure and global invasion routes of B. dorsalis across Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and (iii) identify genomic regions that are responsible for the thermal adaptation of B. dorsalis.Based on a high-quality chromosome-level reference genome assembly, we explored the population relationship using a genome-scale single nucleotide polymorphism dataset generated from the resequencing data of 487 B. dorsalis genomes and 25 B. carambolae genomes. Genome-wide association studies and silencing using RNA interference were used to identify and verify the candidate genes associated with extreme thermal stress.We showed that B. dorsalis originates from the Southern India region with three independent invasion and spread routes worldwide: (i) from Northern India to Northern Southeast Asia, then to Southern Southeast Asia; (ii) from Northern India to Northern Southeast Asian, then to China and Hawaii; and (iii) from Southern India toward the African mainland, then to Madagascar, which is mainly facilitated by human activities including trade and immigration. Twenty-seven genes were identified by a genome-wide association study to be associated with 11 temperature bioclimatic variables. The Cyp6a9 gene may enhance the thermal adaptation of B. dorsalis and thus boost its invasion, which tended to be upregulated at a hardening temperature of 38 °C. Functional verification using RNA interference silencing against Cyp6a9, led to the specific decrease in Cyp6a9 expression, reducing the survival rate of dsRNA-feeding larvae exposed to extreme thermal stress of 45 °C after heat hardening treatments in B. dorsalis.This study provides insights into the evolutionary history and genetic basis of temperature adaptation in B. dorsalis.