Location: Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research
Title: Application of kin theory to long-standing problem in nematode production for biocontrolAuthor
Sappington, Thomas | |
HUFBAUER, RUTH - Colorado State University |
Submitted to: Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology
Publication Type: Literature Review Publication Acceptance Date: 12/15/2016 Publication Date: 1/3/2017 Citation: Sappington, T.W., Hufbauer, R.A. 2017. Application of kin theory to long-standing problem in nematode production for biocontrol. Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology. doi: 10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100010. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: We present a review of Shapiro-Ilan and Raymond (2016. Limiting opportunities for cheating stabilizes virulence in insect parasitic nematodes. Evolutionary Applications 9:462-470. doi: 10.1111/eva.12348) who tested changes in virulence and reproductive output in a serially propagated entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis floridensis. The application of evolutionary theory, with a clever experimental design, to an important problem in pest management makes this paper particularly noteworthy. |