TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermal biology in insect-parasite interactions
AU - Thomas, Matthew B.
AU - Blanford, Simon
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the article. The paper forms a part contribution to the EU-funded ‘Environmentally Sustainable Locust Control Programme (ESLOCO - QLK5-CT-1999-01118)’ and the project ‘Development of biologically based strategies for sustainable control of red locust in Central and Southern Africa’ funded by United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries (R7818 Crop Protection Research Programme). The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID.
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PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - Recently, several applied studies exploring the use of pathogens for insect biocontrol have demonstrated significant effects of environmental temperature on the outcome of infection. For example, host resistance, host recovery, pathogen virulence and replication can alter considerably with sometimes very small changes in temperature. Moreover, the effectiveness of certain insect parasitoids and the activity of endosymbionts can vary across the range of realistic temperatures experienced in the field. These responses are not necessarily linear or immediately predictable, because they derive from a complex 'genotype-by-genotype-by-environment' interaction. Given the importance of parameters such as virulence and resistance in determining the course of a host-parasite interaction, such effects of temperature could have profound implications for host-parasite dynamics and coevolution.
AB - Recently, several applied studies exploring the use of pathogens for insect biocontrol have demonstrated significant effects of environmental temperature on the outcome of infection. For example, host resistance, host recovery, pathogen virulence and replication can alter considerably with sometimes very small changes in temperature. Moreover, the effectiveness of certain insect parasitoids and the activity of endosymbionts can vary across the range of realistic temperatures experienced in the field. These responses are not necessarily linear or immediately predictable, because they derive from a complex 'genotype-by-genotype-by-environment' interaction. Given the importance of parameters such as virulence and resistance in determining the course of a host-parasite interaction, such effects of temperature could have profound implications for host-parasite dynamics and coevolution.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00069-7
DO - 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00069-7
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0038506361
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 18
SP - 344
EP - 350
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 7
ER -