Research Progress of Genomes of Insect Pests in Paddy Field

Innovations in sequencing technology and the development of bioinformatics have allowed for studies of the genomics of many rice pests.At present,draft genomes of rice pests including Nilaparvata lugens,Sogatella furcifera,Laodelphax striatellus,Sesamia inferens,Chilo suppressalis,Scirpophaga incertulas,Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and Cnaphalocrocis exigua have been completed.The molecular mechanisms of biological characteristics of rice pests are gradually becoming clear with the help of genomics.We summarized the important progress in determining genome size of rice pests and the role of genomics in their biological characteristics as well as prospects for future research on rice pests combined with the development of omics.