Global Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods

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Mark Edward Whalon, David Mota-Sanchez, Robert M. Hollingworth
CABI, 2008 - Science - 169 pages
Pesticide resistance has had a substantial impact on crop production and has been an important driver of change in modern agriculture, animal production and human health. Focusing specifically on arthropods, this book provides a comprehensive review of relevant issues in pesticide resistance. Detailed listings and references to all documented reports of resistance from around the world are included.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 Analysis of Global Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods
5
2 Documentation of Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods
32
3 The Biochemical and Molecular Genetic Basis of Resistance to Pesticides in Arthropods
40
4 Assessing the Risk of the Evolution of Resistance to Pesticides Using Spatially Complex Simulation Models
90
5 Pesticide and Transgenic Plant Resistance Management in the Field
118
Working Towards Pesticide Resistance Management Globally
146
Index
166
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M.E. Whalon, D. Mota-Sanchez and R.M. Hollingworth are all professors in the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University.

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