Why is Evolution Important Now? Battling the Bedbug Epidemic and Cockroach avoidance of bait - Pesticide Resistance

Understanding evolution is a key to understanding pesticide resistance.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/89/8910cover.html

Please read my previous posts on this topic to learn how knowledge of the process of evolution is used to solve modern day problems.

Here is a National Geographic bed bug video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfKCcSPCOQo

A Natural fungus (biopesticide) may be effective in controlling bed bugs:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-11/ps-nfm112012.php

Cockroaches have shown to quickly evolve an avoidance of sweet tasting bait: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523142959.htm

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/c35e4e60019c1b78eb557f0be44c700e/cockroaches-quickly-lose-sweet-tooth--to-survive

For more reasons to understand evolution, the following posts also address the question: Why is Evolution Important Now?

 For more reasons to understand evolution, the following posts also address the question: Why is Evolution Important Now?

 Why Is Evolution Important Now? Understanding Extinction and Our Environment
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-is-evolution-important-now.html

Why Is Evolution Important Now? Disease Prevention
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-is-evolution-important-now-disease.html

Why Is Evolution Important Now? Antibiotic Resistance
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-is-evolutions-important-now.html

Why Is Evolution Important Now? Understanding Diseases and Food Production
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-is-evolution-important-now.html

Why Is Evolution Important Now? Understanding Predation
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-is-evolution-important-now.html

Why Is Evolution Important Now?  Invasive Species
http://cavalierscience.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-is-understanding-evolution.html