Intensified agriculture favors evolved resistance to biological control

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 114; no. 15; pp. 3885 - 3890
• Main Authors: Tomasetto, Federico, Tylianakis, Jason M., Reale, Marco, Wratten, Steve, Goldson, Stephen L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 11.04.2017
• Series: From the Cover
• Subjects: Agricultural management; Agriculture; Agriculture - methods; Agrochemicals; Animals; Biodiversity; Biological control; Biological evolution; Biological Sciences; Chemical attack; Chemical pest control; Climate change; Evolution; Grasses; Host plants; Host-Parasite Interactions; Hymenoptera; Intensive farming; Introduced Species; New Zealand; Parasites; Parasitism; Parasitoids; Pasture; Pest control; Pest Control, Biological - methods; Pest resistance; Pesticide resistance; Pesticides; Pests; Predators; SEE COMMENTARY; Species diversity; Sustainable agriculture; Viability; Weevils; New Zealand; meta-analysis; natural enemy; GAMM; invasive species; attack rates

Increased regulation of chemical pesticides and rapid evolution of pesticide resistance have increased calls for sustainable pest management. Biological control offers sustainable pest suppression, partly because evolution of resistance to predators and parasitoids is prevented by several factors (e...