Simon Baxter

Disruption of duplicated yellow genes in Bactrocera tryoni modifies pigmentation colouration and impacts behaviour

Thu NM Nguyen, Vivian Mendez, Christopher Ward, Peter Crisp, Alexie Papanicolaou, Amanda Choo, Phillip W Taylor, Simon W Baxter

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Pest Science

Variation among 532 genomes unveils the origin and evolutionary history of a global insect herbivore

Minsheng You, Fushi Ke, Shijun You, Zhangyan Wu, Qingfeng Liu, Weiyi He, Simon W Baxter, Zhiguang Yuchi, Liette Vasseur, Geoff M Gurr, Christopher M Ward, Hugo Cerda, Guang Yang, Lu Peng, Yuanchun Jin, Miao Xie, Lijun Cai, Carl J Douglas, Murray B Isman, Mark S Goettel, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature Communications

The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella is a cosmopolitan pest that has evolved resistance to all classes of insecticide, and co..

A flavin-dependent monooxgenase confers resistance to chlorantraniliprole in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Mark Mallott, Sarah Hamm, Bartlomiej J Troczka, Emma Randall, Adam Pym, Charles Grant, Simon Baxter, Heiko Vogel, Anthony M Shelton, Linda M Field, Martin S Williamson, Mark Paine, Christoph T Zimmer, Russell Slater, Jan Elias, Chris Bass

Journal article  |  2019  |  Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, is a damaging pest of cruciferous crops, and has evolved resistance to many of the inse..