Co-evolution and plant resistance to natural enemies.
Journal Article
Co-evolution between plants and their natural enemies is generally believed to have generated much of the Earth's biological diversity. A process analogous to co-evolution occurs in agricultural systems, in which natural enemies adapt to crop resistance introduced by breeding or genetic engineering. Because of this similarity, the investigation of resistance mechanisms in crops is helping to elucidate the workings of co-evolution in nature, while evolutionary principles, including those derived from investigation of co-evolution in nature, are being applied in the management of resistance in genetically engineered crops.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Rausher, MD
Published Date
- June 2001
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 411 / 6839
Start / End Page
- 857 - 864
PubMed ID
- 11459070
Pubmed Central ID
- 11459070
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1476-4687
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0028-0836
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1038/35081193
Language
- eng