Reviews

Alyokhin, A.V., B.M. Rosenthal, D.C. Weber, and M.B. Baker. 2025. Towards a unified approach in managing resistance to vaccines, drugs, and pesticides. Biological Reviews 100: 1067-1082.

Insecticides, Microevolution, Reviews

Everywhere, pests and pathogens evolve resistance to our control efforts, impairing human health and welfare. Developing sustainable solutions to this problem requires working with evolved immune and ecological systems, rather than against these evolutionary forces. We advocate a transdisciplinary approach to resistance based on an evolutionary foundation informed by the concepts of integrated pest management […]

Alyokhin, A.V., B.M. Rosenthal, D.C. Weber, and M.B. Baker. 2025. Towards a unified approach in managing resistance to vaccines, drugs, and pesticides. Biological Reviews 100: 1067-1082. Read More »

Gao, Y., A. Alyokhin, A., S.M. Prager, S. Reitz, and A. Huseth. 2025. Complexities in the implementation and maintenance of integrated pest management in potato. Annual Review of Entomology 70: 45-63.

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Integrated pest management (IPM) is an educated and systematic effort to use multiple control techniques to reduce pest damage to economically acceptable levels while minimizing negative environmental impacts. Although its benefits are widely acknowledged, IPM is not universally practiced by farmers. Potato farming, which produces one of the most important staple crops in the world,

Gao, Y., A. Alyokhin, A., S.M. Prager, S. Reitz, and A. Huseth. 2025. Complexities in the implementation and maintenance of integrated pest management in potato. Annual Review of Entomology 70: 45-63. Read More »

Alyokhin, A., B. Nault, and B. Brown. 2020. Soil conservation practices for insect pest management in highly disturbed agroecosystems – a review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 168: 7-27.

Abundance Factors, Reviews /

 Decline in soil health is a serious worldwide problem that decreases complexity and stability of agricultural ecosystems, commonly making them more prone to outbreaks of herbivorous insect pests. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L., Solanaceae) and onion (Allium cepa L., Amaryllidaceae) production is currently characterized by high soil disturbance and heavy reliance on synthetic inputs, including insecticides. Evidence suggests

Alyokhin, A., B. Nault, and B. Brown. 2020. Soil conservation practices for insect pest management in highly disturbed agroecosystems – a review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 168: 7-27. Read More »

Alyokhin, A. and Y. H. Chen. 2017. Adaptation to toxic hosts as a factor in the evolution of insecticide resistance. Current Opinion in Insect Science 21: 33-38.

Microevolution, Reviews

Insecticide resistance is a serious economic problem that jeopardizes sustainability of chemical control of herbivorous insects and related arthropods. It can be viewed as a specific case of adaptation to toxic chemicals, which has been driven in large part, but not exclusively, by the necessity for insect pests to tolerate defensive compounds produced by their

Alyokhin, A. and Y. H. Chen. 2017. Adaptation to toxic hosts as a factor in the evolution of insecticide resistance. Current Opinion in Insect Science 21: 33-38. Read More »

Alyokhin, A. 2009. Colorado potato beetle management on potatoes: current challenges and future prospects. In: Tennant P, Benkeblia N (Eds) Potato II. Fruit, Vegetable and Cereal Science and Biotechnology 3 (Special Issue 1): 10-19. (Invited review article).

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The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is the most important insect defoliator of potatoes that can completely destroy potato crops. Its current range covers about 16 million km2 in North America, Europe, and Asia and continues to expand. A complex and diverse life history, combined with an impressive ability to develop insecticide resistance, make the

Alyokhin, A. 2009. Colorado potato beetle management on potatoes: current challenges and future prospects. In: Tennant P, Benkeblia N (Eds) Potato II. Fruit, Vegetable and Cereal Science and Biotechnology 3 (Special Issue 1): 10-19. (Invited review article). Read More »

Alyokhin, A., M. Baker, D. Mota-Sanchez, G. Dively, and E. Grafius. 2008. Colorado potato beetle resistance to insecticides. American Journal of Potato Research 85: 395-413.

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The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), is widely regarded as the most important insect defoliator of potatoes. Its current range covers about 16 million km2 in North America, Europe, and Asia and continues to expand. This insect has a complicated and diverse life history, which is well-suited to agricultural environments, and makes it a complex and challenging

Alyokhin, A., M. Baker, D. Mota-Sanchez, G. Dively, and E. Grafius. 2008. Colorado potato beetle resistance to insecticides. American Journal of Potato Research 85: 395-413. Read More »

Boiteau, G., A. Alyokhin, and D. N. Ferro. 2003. The Colorado potato beetle in movement. Canadian Entomologist 135: 1-22.

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The recent introduction of the concept of refuge areas for the management of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), on resistant potato highlighted the existence of important gaps in our knowledge and understanding of this pest’s dispersal. The objective of this review was to present a synthetic view of the information available for the benefit of

Boiteau, G., A. Alyokhin, and D. N. Ferro. 2003. The Colorado potato beetle in movement. Canadian Entomologist 135: 1-22. Read More »