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SUBMITTER: Knolhoff LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3352459 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Knolhoff Lisa M LM Walden Kimberly K O KK Ratcliffe Susan T ST Onstad David W DW Robertson Hugh M HM
Evolutionary applications 20090819 1
As pest species may evolve resistance to chemical controls, they may also evolve resistance to cultural control methods. Yearly rotation of corn (Zea mays) with another crop interrupts the life cycle of the western corn rootworm beetle (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), but behavioral resistance to crop rotation is now a major problem in the Midwest of the USA. Resistant adult females exhibit reduced fidelity to corn as a host and lay their eggs in the soil of both corn ...[more]