Agent-based Modeling of Asian Corn Borer Resistance to BT Corn

1.Overview and PurposeWe present ABM-IRM, an agent-based modeling approach to insect resistance management. ABM-IRM is one of the agent-based models that we have developed to simulate the insect resistance of Asian Corn Borer (ACB) to BT corn. The model was implemented using NetLogo, an agent-based programming environment (Wilensky, 1999). We created our model using simple rules to find emergent patterns (Wilensky and Rand, 2015) based on refuge types and pyramid BT events that may aid in controlling the resistance of ACB to BT Corn. Following how the Overview, Design concepts, and Details (ODD) protocol was used in presenting a related ABM paper as guide (Anderson and Dragićević, 2015), the following sections are organized as follows: Section 2 covers the typologies of the agents, Section 3 discusses the process overview, and Section 4 highlights our results and emergent patterns.

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Evaluation of Bt Corn with Pyramided Genes on Efficacy and Insect Resistance Management for the Asian Corn Borer in China

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0168442 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. e0168442 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Fan Jiang ◽

Tiantao Zhang ◽

Shuxiong Bai ◽

Zhenying Wang ◽

Kanglai He

Keyword(s):

Insect Resistance ◽

Resistance Management ◽

Bt Corn ◽

Corn Borer ◽

Insect Resistance Management ◽

Asian Corn Borer

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Field, laboratory, and screenhouse efficacy evaluation of Bt corn for resistance to the Asian corn borer,Ostrinia furnacalis(Guenee), in the Philippines

10.1603/ice.2016.91754 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Merdelyn Caasi-Lit

Keyword(s):

The Philippines ◽

Bt Corn ◽

Ostrinia Furnacalis ◽

Efficacy Evaluation ◽

Corn Borer ◽

Field Laboratory ◽

Asian Corn Borer

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The Simulation Presented in the ODD Protocol

Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development - Agent-Based Modeling in Humanitarian Interventions ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1782-5.ch004 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 52-67

Keyword(s):

Model Simulation ◽

Behavioral Outcomes ◽

Behavioral Model ◽

Agent Based Modeling ◽

State Variables ◽

Agent Based Models ◽

Agent Based ◽

Design Concepts ◽

Modeling Simulation ◽

Area Of Interest

The ODD Protocol has become a standard for documenting and describing agent based models. The protocol is organized around three main elements, from which the ODD acronym originates: Overview, Design concepts, and Details. This chapter is organized around these primary elements and further broken down into seven sub-elements to provide a clear purpose and understanding of the model simulation. The sub-elements are: Purpose, State Variables and Scales, Process Overview and Scheduling, Design Concepts, Initialization, Input, and Sub-models. The model presented is a proto-agent behavioral model and is utilized in an agent based modeling simulation to help identify possible emergent behavioral outcomes of the populations in the area of interest. By varying the rules governing the interactions of the multinational and incumbent government proto-agents, different strategies can be identified for increasing the effectiveness of those proto-agents and the utilization of resources.

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