Microevolution in IPM

Part I

Links Between Ecology and Biological Control Are Strong

Links Between Evolution and Biological Control Are Less Developed

MACROEVOLUTION

Not Sure What the Role of Microevolution Is

• Genetics of insect introductions.

• Formulation of hypotheses.

• Formulation of models.

• Genetic surveys.

• Evolution of natural enemy-pest interactions.

Some of Things That Have Been Done:

Vital Evolutionary Issues in Biological Control

• Local adaptation.

• Adaptive evolution.

• The role of bottlenecks.

• The evolution of host-ranges.

• Evolution of resistance.

Evolution

Change in allele frequencies over time.

Genetic Drift

Bottleneck Founder effect

Selection

Gene Flow

Next Class

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