Shenzhen scientists decipher the genetic code of the "fruit and vegetable killer" gene, and release the most complete genome map of the Drosophila suzukii.

As traditional pesticides gradually become less effective, green pest control technologies urgently need to break through, and deciphering the genetic code of pests has become the key to success. Recently, the research team led by Wang Guirong from the Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, in collaboration with the research team led by Cui Peng, successfully constructed the most complete genome map to date in the small heterozygous pest, the fruit and vegetable killer Drosophila suzukii. This provides a new approach for the discovery of molecular targets for pest control based on functional genomics. The related research results were published in Nature Communications.