ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2018
Population admixture can enhance establishment success of the introduced biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri.
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- A case of polyploid utility in biocontrol: reproductively-impaired triploid Nasonia vitripennis have high host-killing ability.Pest management science · 2025Article
- Alternative splicing perspective to prey preference of environmentally friendly biological agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- eSMC: a statistical model to infer admixture events from individual genomics data.BMC genomics · 2022Article
- Next-Generation Sequencing and Its Impacts on Entomological Research in Ecology and Evolution.Neotropical entomology · 2021Review
- Gridlock and beltways: the genetic context of urban invasions.Oecologia · 2020Review
- Genomic changes in the biological control agentEvolutionary applications · 2019Article
- The Impact ofInsects · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntroduced biological control agents have opportunities of population admixture through multiple introductions in the field. However, the importance of population admixture for their establishment success often remains unclear. Previous studies based on genetic markers have suggested a history of population admixture in the predatory ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant in China.
resultsWe tested whether population admixture may lead to fitness changes under laboratory conditions. We first found no mating barrier or strong bias between two parental populations, despite their differences in genetics and phenotypes. Then, our experimental evidence supported the hypothesis that admixed populations have a higher potential of establishment success, due to their superior reproductive ability, and hunger and cold tolerance inherited from one of the parental populations.
conclusionsWe suggest that population admixture can be a breeding method to improve the performance of biological control agents, particularly when used in a classical biological control approach, but that consequences for potential invasiveness need to be considered.
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