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Walsh GC, Sosa AJ, Mc Kay F, Maestro M, Hill M, Hinz HL, Paynter Q, Pratt PD, Raghu S, Shaw R, Tipping PW, Winston RL. Is Biological Control of Weeds Conservation’s Blind Spot? THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1086/723930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Bessette M, Ste‐Croix DT, Brodeur J, Mimee B, Gagnon A. Population genetic structure of the carrot weevil (
Listronotus oregonensis
) in North America. Evol Appl 2022; 15:300-315. [PMID: 35233249 PMCID: PMC8867704 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Population genetic studies of insect pests enhance our ability to anticipate problems in agroecosystems, such as pest outbreaks, insecticide resistance, or expansions of the host range. This study focuses on geographic distance and host plant selection as potential determinants of genetic differentiation of the carrot weevil Listronotus oregonensis, a major pest of several apiaceous crops in North America. To undertake genetic studies on this species, we assembled the first complete genome sequence for L. oregonensis. Then, we used both haplotype discrimination with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and a genotyping‐by‐sequencing (GBS) approach to characterize the genetic population structure. A total of 220 individuals were sampled from 17 localities in the provinces of Québec, Ontario, Nova Scotia (Canada), and the state of Ohio (USA). Our results showed significant genetic differences between distant populations across North America, indicating that geographic distance represents an important factor of differentiation for the carrot weevil. Furthermore, the GBS analysis revealed more different clusters than COI analysis between Québec and Nova Scotia populations, suggesting a recent differentiation in the latter province. In contrast, we found no clear evidence of population structure associated with the four cultivated apiaceous plants tested (carrot, parsley, celery, and celeriac) using populations from Québec. This first characterization of the genetic structure of the carrot weevil contributes to a better understanding of the gene flow of the species and helps to adapt local pest management measures to better control this agricultural pest.
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- Marianne Bessette
- Saint‐Jean‐sur‐Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada
- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal
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- Saint‐Jean‐sur‐Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal
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- Saint‐Jean‐sur‐Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada
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- Saint‐Jean‐sur‐Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada
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Streito JC, Clouet C, Hamdi F, Gauthier N. Population genetic structure of the biological control agent Macrolophus pygmaeus in Mediterranean agroecosystems. INSECT SCIENCE 2017; 24:859-876. [PMID: 27312029 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Biological control of agricultural pests relies on knowledge of agroecosystem functionality, particularly when affected by the use of mass-produced biological agents. Incorporating pre- and/or post-release information such as genetic diversity and structure on these agents using molecular-based approaches could advance our knowledge of how they perform in agroecosystems. We evaluated the population genetics of Macrolophus pygmaeus, the most widely used predatory mirid against many arthropod pests of greenhouse crops in the Mediterranean region, using the mitochondrial Cytb sequence and microsatellite data, and population genetics and phylogeny approaches. We investigated commercially mass-produced insects (i.e., commercial insects either mass-reared in the laboratory for many generations, or purchased by farmers and released in the greenhouses) and "wild" insects (i.e., that occur naturally outside or are collected in nature for release in the greenhouses). The mirids were mainly collected in agroecosystems in which solanaceous plants are grown in northern Spain, southern France and Greece. Both molecular markers and approaches distinguished 2 genetically differentiated populations. The less genetically diverse population, hereafter named the "commercial" strain included all individuals from laboratory mass-rearings and most releases of commercially bred individuals. The most genetically diverse population mainly comprised individuals originating from noncultivated environments, or from releases of "wild" individuals. Rare examples of hybridization between M. pygmaeus from the 2 populations were observed and asymmetric gene flow was revealed. These findings provide new insights into what happens to M. pygmaeus released in the agroecosystems we studied, and show that it is possible to monitor some commercial strains.
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- Jean-Claude Streito
- INRA, UMR (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro) Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, 755 avenue du Campus Agropolis, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- INRA, UMR (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro) Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, 755 avenue du Campus Agropolis, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- IRD, UMR (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro) Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, 755 avenue du Campus Agropolis, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- IRD, UMR (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro) Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, 755 avenue du Campus Agropolis, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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Agunbiade TA, Coates BS, Datinon B, Djouaka R, Sun W, Tamò M, Pittendrigh BR. Genetic differentiation among Maruca vitrata F. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) populations on cultivated cowpea and wild host plants: implications for insect resistance management and biological control strategies. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92072. [PMID: 24647356 PMCID: PMC3960178 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a polyphagous insect pest that feeds on a variety of leguminous plants in the tropics and subtropics. The contribution of host-associated genetic variation on population structure was investigated using analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 (cox1) sequence and microsatellite marker data from M. vitrata collected from cultivated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.), and alternative host plants Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. var. javanica (Benth.) Baker, Loncocarpus sericeus (Poir), and Tephrosia candida (Roxb.). Analyses of microsatellite data revealed a significant global FST estimate of 0.05 (P≤0.001). The program STRUCTURE estimated 2 genotypic clusters (co-ancestries) on the four host plants across 3 geographic locations, but little geographic variation was predicted among genotypes from different geographic locations using analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA; among group variation -0.68%) or F-statistics (FSTLoc = -0.01; P = 0.62). These results were corroborated by mitochondrial haplotype data (φSTLoc = 0.05; P = 0.92). In contrast, genotypes obtained from different host plants showed low but significant levels of genetic variation (FSTHost = 0.04; P = 0.01), which accounted for 4.08% of the total genetic variation, but was not congruent with mitochondrial haplotype analyses (φSTHost = 0.06; P = 0.27). Variation among host plants at a location and host plants among locations showed no consistent evidence for M. vitrata population subdivision. These results suggest that host plants do not significantly influence the genetic structure of M. vitrata, and this has implications for biocontrol agent releases as well as insecticide resistance management (IRM) for M. vitrata in West Africa.
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- Tolulope A. Agunbiade
- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- USDA–ARS, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, Benin
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Shafer ABA, Wolf JBW. Widespread evidence for incipient ecological speciation: a meta-analysis of isolation-by-ecology. Ecol Lett 2013; 16:940-50. [PMID: 23627762 DOI: 10.1111/ele.12120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ecologically mediated selection has increasingly become recognised as an important driver of speciation. The correlation between neutral genetic differentiation and environmental or phenotypic divergence among populations, to which we collectively refer to as isolation-by-ecology (IBE), is an indicator of ecological speciation. In a meta-analysis framework, we determined the strength and commonality of IBE in nature. On the basis of 106 studies, we calculated a mean effect size of IBE with and without controlling for spatial autocorrelation among populations. Effect sizes were 0.34 (95% CI 0.24-0.42) and 0.26 (95% CI 0.13-0.37), respectively, indicating that an average of 5% of the neutral genetic differentiation among populations was explained purely by ecological contrast. Importantly, spatial autocorrelation reduced IBE correlations for environmental variables, but not for phenotypes. Through simulation, we showed how the influence of isolation-by-distance and spatial autocorrelation of ecological variables can result in false positives or underestimated correlations if not accounted for in the IBE model. Collectively, this meta-analysis showed that ecologically induced genetic divergence is pervasive across time-scales and taxa, and largely independent of the choice of molecular marker. We discuss the importance of these results in the context of adaptation and ecological speciation and suggest future research avenues.
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- Aaron B A Shafer
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Singer MC, McBride CS. Geographic mosaics of species' association: a definition and an example driven by plant–insect phenological synchrony. Ecology 2012; 93:2658-73. [DOI: 10.1890/11-2078.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lamy JB, Plomion C, Kremer A, Delzon S. Q(ST) < F(ST) As a signature of canalization. Mol Ecol 2012; 21:5646-55. [PMID: 23110372 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Revised: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A key aim of evolutionary biology - inferring the action of natural selection on wild species - can be achieved by comparing neutral genetic differentiation between populations (F(ST)) with quantitative genetic variation (Q(ST)). Each of the three possible outcomes of comparisons of Q(ST) and F(ST) (Q(ST) > F(ST), Q(ST) = F(ST), Q(ST) < F(ST)) is associated with an inference (diversifying selection, genetic drift, uniform selection, respectively). However, published empirical and theoretical studies have focused on the Q(ST) > F(ST) outcome. We believe that this reflects the absence of a straightforward biological interpretation of the Q(ST) < F(ST) pattern. We here report recent evidence of this neglected evolutionary pattern, provide guidelines to its interpretation as either a canalization phenomenon or a consequence of uniform selection and discuss the significant importance this issue will have for the area of evolutionary biology.
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Messina FJ, Peña NM. Mode of inheritance of increased host acceptance in a seed beetle. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2012; 102:497-503. [PMID: 22360896 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485312000028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Colonization of a novel plant by herbivorous insects is frequently accompanied by genetic changes that progressively improve larval or adult performance on the new host. This study examined the genetic basis of adaptation to a marginal host (lentil) by the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (F.). Quasi-natural selection in the laboratory rapidly increased the tendency to oviposit on lentil. The mode of inheritance of this increase in host acceptance was determined from crosses between three lentil-adapted lines and a line maintained on the ancestral host, mung bean. In each set of crosses, females from the lentil lines laid two to three times more eggs on lentil than did females from the mung-bean line. Hybrid females consistently displayed an intermediate level of host acceptance, which did not differ between reciprocal crosses. Alleles promoting greater oviposition on lentil thus were inherited additively, with no evidence of sex-linkage or cytoplasmic effects. In a time-course study, hybrid females initially resembled the parent from the mung-bean line, as few eggs were laid on lentil during the first 24 h. However, oviposition rates on lentil after 72 h were closer to the rate observed in the lentil-line parent. Inferences about additivity vs. dominance in genes affecting oviposition may, therefore, depend on experimental protocol. Comparison with earlier work suggests that inheritance patterns observed in crosses between recently derived selection lines (as in this study) may differ from those obtained in crosses between long-divergent geographic populations.
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- F J Messina
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305, USA
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