This book has been developed from the keynote addresses delivered at the third IOBC International Symposium (co-organized with CILBA) that was held in Montpellier in October 2002, to address recent developments in genetics and evolutionary biology as applied to biological control. Chapters are organized around the following themes: Genetic structure of pest and natural enemy populations Molecular diagnostic tools in biological control Tracing the origin of pests and natural enemies Predicting evolutionary change in pests and natural enemies Compatibility of transgenic crops and natural enemies Genetic manipulation of natural enemies. The authors identify new issues for each of the major approaches in applied biological control. These include the (1) use of molecular genetics to trace the origin of target pests in classical biological control, (2) potential of mass-reared, transgenic agents in augmentative biological control, and (3) compatibility of transgenic crops and natural enemies in conservational biological control.
Author(s): Lester E Ehler, Rene Sforza, Thierry Mateille
Edition: First
Publisher: CABI
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 260
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
1 Genetic Structure of Natural Plant and Pathogen Populations......Page 15
2 Measuring Genetic Variation in Natural Enemies Used for Biological Control: Why and How?......Page 33
3 Molecular Systematics, Chalcidoidea and Biological Control......Page 53
4 Genetic Markers in Rust Fungi and their Application to Weed Biocontrol......Page 87
5 Tracing the Origin of Pests and Natural Enemies: Genetic and Statistical Approaches......Page 111
6 Tracing the Origin of Cryptic Insect Pests and Vectors, and their Natural Enemies......Page 127
7 Predicting Evolutionary Change in Invasive, Exotic Plants and its Consequences for Plant–Herbivore Interactions......Page 151
8 Experimental Evolution in Host–Parasitoid Interactions......Page 177
9 Interactions Between Natural Enemies and Transgenic Insecticidal Crops......Page 197
10 The GMO Guidelines Project: Development of International Scientific Environmental Biosafety Testing Guidelines for Transgenic Plants......Page 221
11 Genetic Manipulation of Natural Enemies: Can We Improve Biological Control by Manipulating the Parasitoid and/or the Plant?......Page 233
12 Sex-ratio Distorters and Other Selfish Genetic Elements: Implications for Biological Control......Page 249
Index......Page 267
