Growers throughout North America are struggling with problems of herbicide resistant weeds.  There is growing belief that effective resistance management may require area-wide approaches. Yet, area-wide approaches often require significant coordination (and coordination costs) among growers and other groups, such as universitiies and federal agencies.  This study considers the historical examples of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program and the Pink Bollworm Eradication to consider what lessons they may provide for area-wide herbicide resistant management programs.  The study considers which factors were keys to success of these two eradication programs and what economic (and other) barriers had to be overcome for success.  It also examines what aspects of these programs are applicable and transferable to resistance management and what aspects are not transferable.  While there are many key differences between the eradication programs and nascent resistance management efforts, there are also a number of critical lessons the eradication programs offer to improve the probability of success of resistance management programs.

Economics of pest eradication programs: Lessons for resistance management

2019 Fall National Meeting

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