I would be very skeptical of a claim that there won’t be any selection for resistance in the malaria control agents (such as a fungus that kills mosquitoes after they reproduce but before they become infectious) in “Evolution, Resisted.”1 If there is any reproductive difference between fungal-susceptible and slightly resistant mosquitoes, there will be selection, even if it is just a little bit. The heavier the challenge, as it would have to be if the fungal spores were used as an insecticide, the faster resistance develops.
And the thought that a single bullet will be sufficient is evidence of lack of field experience. It is so rare that a single procedure will prevail against some noxious organism (vaccination against smallpox is the only one that comes to mind), especially something as complicated and adaptable as a mosquito, that there is no way that a single weapon will suffice.
Daniel Miller ...
