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Evidence is presented that challenges common beliefs about the roles of generation time and dispersal in evolution of insecticide resistance. Previously reported empirical and theoretical analyses have concluded that resistance develops faster as the number of generations per year increases. Analysis of data for 682 species of North American arthropod pests shows no direct relationship between generation time and resistance development. Reevaluation of a relatively simple analytical model suggests that the rate of resistance development is independent of generation time. Simulations show that interactions with genetic, ecological, and operational factors can cause variable relationships between generation time and resistance development. Dispersal of susceptible individuals from untreated to treated habitats has been viewed as a potentially important influence that retards resistance development. Analysis of allozyme variation and geographical variation in resistance in diamondback moth suggests that gene flow in this mobile insect is too low to substantially delay resistance. conversely, gene flow is sufficiently high to introduce alleles for resistance into susceptible populations from resistant populations. Thus, the intermediate levels of gene flow that typically occur among field populations may promote, rather than retard, resistance development.
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Tabashnik, B.E., Rosenheim, J.A., Caprio, M.A. (1992). What Do We Really Know About Management of Insecticide Resistance?. In: Denholm, I., Devonshire, A.L., Hollomon, D.W. (eds) Resistance ’91: Achievements and Developments in Combating Pesticide Resistance. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2862-9_11
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