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Research Project: Managing Insects in the Corn Agro-Ecosystem

Location: Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research

Title: Application of kin theory to long-standing problem in nematode production for biocontrol

Author
item Sappington, Thomas
item 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.