New genomic resources for an invasive mite pest expand the known diversity of pesticide resistance mechanisms and guide development of KASP diagnostic markers
Joshua A. Thia, Kelly M. Richardson, Courtney Brown, Aston L. Arthur, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord, Neil David Young, Sunita B. Sumanam, Bill C. H. Chang, Shu‐Jun Wei, Robin B. Gasser, Thomas L. Schmidt, Paul A. Umina, Ary A. Hoffmann
This paper presents a chromosome-level genome and genomic dataset for the invasive mite Halotydeus destructor, identifies pesticide resistance mutations, and develops KASP markers for resistance diagnostics.
bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2025 · PreprintGenomics