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Landscapes drive the dispersal of Monochamus alternatus, vector of the pinewood nematode, revealed by Whole-genome resequencing
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  • Xiaohong Han,
  • yechen Li,
  • Wanlong Huang,
  • Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazú,
  • Rong Wang,
  • Xia Hu,
  • Guanghong Liang,
  • Shiguo Huang,
  • Chunlan Lian,
  • Songqing Wu,
  • Feiping Zhang
Xiaohong Han
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
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yechen Li
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

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Wanlong Huang
Novogene Bioinformatics Institute
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Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazú
University of California Irvine Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
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Rong Wang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
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Xia Hu
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
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Guanghong Liang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
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Shiguo Huang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
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Chunlan Lian
Asian Natural Environmental Science Center
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Songqing Wu
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
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Feiping Zhang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
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Abstract

Pine wilt disease (PWD), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is an extremely threatening invasion forest disease throughout the world, especially in Asia. B. xylophilus is spread in Asia by vector beetles of Monochamus alternatus, which has long no effective control method. Understanding of landscape effects on the dispersal and outbreaks of forest pests is crucial to establishing effective ecological control strategies. Here, we analyzed the samples of M. alternatus collected at landscapes in order to estimate the effects of landscape types on the genetic structure and dispersal of M. alternatus. The landscapes included the geographical scales, forest types and land uses. The individuals of M. alternatus were genotyped by using whole-genome resequencing. Population genetic structures were clearly differentiated at the intermediate scale, suggesting the intermediate scale is an effective barrier against natural dispersal of M. alternatus. We used the least-coat distances, least-cost transect analysis, and distance-based redundancy analysis to estimate the effects of forest types and land uses within the fine scales. The results showed that the gene flow and genetic diversity were positively correlated with host and mixed forests, whereas negatively with non-host forests. Among land-use landscapes, the roads had the positive effect on gene flow and genetic diversity but farmland and urban uses had negative effects. This highlights that human-mediated transport via roads was likely to be the main factor leading to the long-distance invasion of M. alternatus, whereas non-host landscapes could suppress the spread of this species. These findings may be useful to control the PWD dispersed by M. alternatus.
29 Jul 2020Submitted to Molecular Ecology
30 Jul 2020Submission Checks Completed
30 Jul 2020Assigned to Editor
10 Aug 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending