resevol: An R package for spatially explicit models of pesticide resistance given evolving pest genomes

The evolution of pesticide resistance is a widespread problem with potentially severe consequences for global food security. We introduce the resevol R package, which simulates individual-based models of pests with evolving genomes that produce complex, polygenic, and covarying traits affecting pest...

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Published in:PLoS computational biology Vol. 19; no. 12; p. e1011691
Main Authors: Duthie, A. Bradley, Mangan, Rosie, McKeon, C. Rose, Tinsley, Matthew C., Bussière, Luc F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.12.2023
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Biopesticides
Chemical pest control
Computer programs
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Evolution
Evolution & development
Food security
Food supply
Genetic algorithms
Genetic aspects
Genomes
Genomics
Geovetenskap och relaterad miljövetenskap
Life history
Natural history
Normal distribution
Pest control
Pesticide application
Pesticide resistance
Pesticides
Pests
Physical Sciences
Polygenic inheritance
Quantitative genetics
R (Programming language)
Research and Analysis Methods
Science
Software
Source code
Sweden
ISSN:1553-7358, 1553-734X, 1553-7358
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Summary:The evolution of pesticide resistance is a widespread problem with potentially severe consequences for global food security. We introduce the resevol R package, which simulates individual-based models of pests with evolving genomes that produce complex, polygenic, and covarying traits affecting pest life history and pesticide resistance. Simulations are modelled on a spatially-explicit and highly customisable landscape in which crop and pesticide application and rotation can vary, making the package a highly flexible tool for both general and tactical models of pest management and resistance evolution. We present the key features of the resevol package and demonstrate its use for a simple example simulating pests with two covarying traits. The resevol R package is open source under GNU Public License. All source code and documentation are available on GitHub.
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1553-7358
1553-734X
1553-7358
DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011691