Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological Paradox

Excessive use of pesticides can lead to pesticide resistance in citrus psyllids, and studies have shown that this resistance is related to population genetics. This article proposes a dynamic model of Huanglongbing (HLB) that integrates the population genetics of the citrus psyllid vector and consid...

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Main Authors: Runyun Gan, Youquan Luo, Shujing Gao
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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description Excessive use of pesticides can lead to pesticide resistance in citrus psyllids, and studies have shown that this resistance is related to population genetics. This article proposes a dynamic model of Huanglongbing (HLB) that integrates the population genetics of the citrus psyllid vector and considers the fitness cost associated with pesticide resistance to study how pesticide use affects the development of pesticide resistance at the population level. The basic reproduction number is introduced as a metric to assess whether HLB can be effectively controlled. Additionally, this article explores the impact of different parameters on the spread of HLB. Numerical simulations illustrate that the basic reproduction number decreases as the fitness cost of resistance increases, while an increase in the resistance index leads to an increase in the basic reproduction number. However, when the fitness cost is sufficiently high, a larger resistance index may result in a basic reproduction number less than 1, leading to the extinction of Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), thus causing a paradox effect.
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spelling doaj-art-0bc935bedc8743cd95863e1a802021d32024-12-27T14:18:56ZengMDPI AGComputation2079-31972024-12-01121224210.3390/computation12120242Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological ParadoxRunyun Gan0Youquan Luo1Shujing Gao2Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Pest and Disease Control of Featured Horticultural Plants, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, ChinaJiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Pest and Disease Control of Featured Horticultural Plants, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, ChinaJiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Pest and Disease Control of Featured Horticultural Plants, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, ChinaExcessive use of pesticides can lead to pesticide resistance in citrus psyllids, and studies have shown that this resistance is related to population genetics. This article proposes a dynamic model of Huanglongbing (HLB) that integrates the population genetics of the citrus psyllid vector and considers the fitness cost associated with pesticide resistance to study how pesticide use affects the development of pesticide resistance at the population level. The basic reproduction number is introduced as a metric to assess whether HLB can be effectively controlled. Additionally, this article explores the impact of different parameters on the spread of HLB. Numerical simulations illustrate that the basic reproduction number decreases as the fitness cost of resistance increases, while an increase in the resistance index leads to an increase in the basic reproduction number. However, when the fitness cost is sufficiently high, a larger resistance index may result in a basic reproduction number less than 1, leading to the extinction of Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), thus causing a paradox effect.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/12/12/242Huanglongbing modelinsecticide resistancepopulation geneticsbasic reproduction numberparadoxical effect
spellingShingle Runyun Gan
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Shujing Gao
Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological Paradox
Computation
Huanglongbing model
insecticide resistance
population genetics
basic reproduction number
paradoxical effect
title Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological Paradox
title_full Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological Paradox
title_fullStr Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological Paradox
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological Paradox
title_short Assessing the Impact of Psyllid Pesticide Resistance on the Spread of Citrus Huanglongbing and Its Ecological Paradox
title_sort assessing the impact of psyllid pesticide resistance on the spread of citrus huanglongbing and its ecological paradox
topic Huanglongbing model
insecticide resistance
population genetics
basic reproduction number
paradoxical effect
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/12/12/242
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