Distinct genotypes and phenotypes in European and American strains of Drosophila suzukii: implications for biology and management of an invasive organism

Rota-Stabelli, Omar; Ometto, Lino; Tait, Gabriella; Ghirotto, Silvia; Kaur, Rupinder; Drago, Francesco; González, Josefa; Walton, Vaughn M.; Anfora, Gianfranco; Rossi-Stacconi, Marco Valerio

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Distinct genotypes and phenotypes in European and American strains of Drosophila suzukii: implications for biology and management of an invasive organism

Omar Rota-Stabelli ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0030-7788¹,
Lino Ometto^1,2,
Gabriella Tait¹,
Silvia Ghirotto³,
Rupinder Kaur^1,4,
Francesco Drago¹,
Josefa González⁵,
Vaughn M. Walton⁶,
Gianfranco Anfora^1,7 &
Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi^1,6

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A clearer understanding of the structure of pest populations in newly invaded areas is a key step towards their effective management. Here, we use Drosophila suzukii as a model to highlight how populations from separate geographical regions differ in their genetic and phenotypic traits, including those associated with their invasiveness. New X-linked data indicate the presence of at most three D. suzukii genetic clusters in Europe, while North American populations are characterised by a larger genetic diversity. We found a likely new colonisation event from America to Italy and demonstrate that reference genomes from Italian and Californian populations lay in highly distant clusters. Comparative genomics indicate that these two genomes bear the traces of distinct evolutionary forces and are genetically distant, having diversified long ago in their native Asian range. Phenotypic studies further indicate that European and North American populations have differences in hatch rate, generation time, and parasitoid susceptibility. The observed genotypic and phenotypic differences likely represent a small fraction of the features unique to each of the two populations. The results provide some new insights towards both fundamental and management studies on invasive pests, particularly when findings are transferred across populations found in different geographical regions.

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Omar Rota-Stabelli, Lino Ometto, Gabriella Tait, Rupinder Kaur, Francesco Drago, Gianfranco Anfora & Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi
Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “L. Spallanzani”, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
Lino Ometto
Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e Biotecnologie, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Silvia Ghirotto
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
Rupinder Kaur
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
Josefa González
Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, OR, USA
Vaughn M. Walton & Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi
Centre Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all’Adige, TN, Italy
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Rota-Stabelli, O., Ometto, L., Tait, G. et al. Distinct genotypes and phenotypes in European and American strains of Drosophila suzukii: implications for biology and management of an invasive organism. J Pest Sci 93, 77–89 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-019-01172-y

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Keywords

Invasive insect
Comparative genomics
Population genetics
Parasitoid
Life table
Intraspecific variations
Drosophila suzukii