Yves Carrière

Education
MSc, Entomology, Laval University
PhD, Entomology, Simon Fraser University
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
Research
The Carrière lab primarily focuses on insect ecology, the evolution and management of insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops, and integrated pest management in cropping systems.
Selected publications
Williamson, D., Jiang H., Karanikola, V., Young S., Wissler C., Townsend J., Damian D., Will J., Degain B., Dutilleul P., Carrière Y., and Walker, K. R. 2025. Interannual changes in the association between land use, abundance of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae), and occurrence of arboviruses in Maricopa County, Arizona. Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaf080
Legan, A. W., C.W. Allan, Z. Jensen, K.M. Benowitz, B.A. DeGain, F. Yang, D.L. Kerns, J. A. Fabrick, X. Li, Y. Carrière, L. M. Matzkin, and B.E. Tabashnik. 2024. Mismatch between lab-generated and field-evolved resistance to transgenic Bt crops in Helicoverpa zea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2416091121
Carrière, Y. and B. E. Tabashnik. 2024. Negative association between host plant suitability and the cost of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis. Journal of Economic Entomology. 117: 1106–1112.
Carrière, Y. and D. W. Onstad. 2023. The role of landscapes in insect resistance management. Pp. 329-380. In: D. W. Onstad and L. M. Knolhoff, eds., Insect Resistance Management: Biology, Economics and Prediction, 3nd Ed. Academic Press. Elsevier, UK.
Carrière, Y., Degain, B., Unnithan, G. C., and Tabashnik B. E. 2023. Inheritance and fitness cost of lab-selected resistance to Vip3Aa in Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 116: 1804–1811.
Tabashnik, B. E., Carrière, Y., Wu, Y. and Fabrick, J. A. 2023. Global perspectives on field-evolved resistance to transgenic Bt crops: A special collection. Journal of Economic Entomology. 116: 269–274.
Carrière, Y., Tabashnik, B.E. 2023. Fitness costs and incomplete resistance associated with delayed evolution of practical resistance to Bt crops. Insects. 14: 214.
Benowitz, K. M., Allan C. W., Degain, B. A., Li, X., Fabrick, J. A., Tabashnik, B. E., Carrière, Y., and Matzkin, L. M. 2022. Novel genetic basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in Helicoverpa zea. Genetics. 221: iyac037
Van den Berg, J., B. M. Prasanna, C. A. O. Midega, P. C. Ronald, Y. Carrière, and B. E. Tabashnik. 2021. Managing fall armyworm in Africa: Can Bt maize sustainably improve control? Journal of Economic Entomology (Forum). 114: 1934-1949.
Harrington, K., Y. Carrière, and A. Mostafa. 2021. Re-evaluating the economic injury level for Alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) control in low desert irrigated alfalfa. Journal of Economic Entomology. 114: 1173–1179.
Tabashnik, B. E., L. R. Liesner, P. C. Ellsworth, G.C. Unnithan, J. A. Fabrick, S. E. Naranjo, X. Li, T. J. Dennehy, L. Antilla, R.T. Staten, and Y. Carrière. 2021. Genetically engineered cotton synergizes eradication of the pink bollworm a century after its invasion of the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 118: e2019115118
Carrière, Y., Degain, B. A., Harpold, V. S., Unnithan, G. C., and Tabashnik, B. E. 2020. Gene flow between Bt and non-Bt plants in a seed mixture increases dominance of resistance to pyramided Bt corn in Helicoverpa zea. Journal of Economic Entomology. 113: 2041–2051.
Carrière, Y., Brown, Z., Aglasan, S., Dutilleul, P., Carroll, M., Head, G., Tabashnik, B. E. Søgaard Jørgensen, P., and Carroll, S. P. 2020. Crop rotation mitigates impacts of corn rootworm resistance to transgenic Bt corn. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 117: 18385-18392.
Carrière, Y., Brown, Z. S., Downes, S. J., Gujar, G., Epstein, G., Omoto, C., Storer, N. P., Mota-Sanchez, D., Søgaard Jørgensen, P., and Carroll, S. P. 2020. Governing evolution: a socio-ecological comparison of resistance management for insecticidal transgenic Bt crops among four countries. AMBIO. 49: 1-16.