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Bioassays for Monitoring Insecticide Resistance
Published on: December 30, 2010
Occurrence, genetics and management of insecticide resistance
1Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Parasitology Today (Personal Ed.)
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
A lot has been learned about insecticide resistance in the past 40 years. The problem is more extensive and widespread than could have been predicted. In this review, Richard Roush discusses the genetics and management of resistance to insecticides (especially as related to arthropod vectors of human and animal diseases), with the objective of suggesting future directions.
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