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Keywords: genetic improvement of silkworms and honey bees, genetic improvement of biological control agents, genetic improvement of phytoseiid mites, Metaseiulus occidentalis, criteria for determining whether a laboratory-selected and pesticide resistant strain of mite has been genetically improved, genetic improvement projects with phytoseiid predators of spider mites, constraints on genetic improvement programs