Environmental Entomology (1981) 10, 363-371
Marcos Kogan (1981)
Dynamics of insect adaptations to soybean: Impact of integrated pest management
Environmental Entomology 10 (3), 363-371
Abstract: Arthropod communities on soybean are less than 50 years old in about 80% of the area currently under cultivation to this crop. These rather young communities in North and South America are characterized by the absence of highly host-specific soybean feeders, and by the incomplete exploitation of food resources. By contrast, in the Orient, where soybean has been grown for hundreds of years, arthropod communities have several soybean specialists and most plant resources seem to be efficiently exploited. Sources of colonists in areas to which the crop has been recently introduced are discussed. Adaptive shifts seem to occur in ecological time leading native species to better exploit available resources. The potential impact of pest management tactics on the rates and directions of these adaptive shifts should be a major concern of long-term integrated pest management programs.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
review
general biology - morphology - evolution
