Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041201971X ISBN 13: 9780412019715

Publisher: Chapman and Hall, 1991

Synopsis

Bruce E. Tabashnik and Richard T. Roush Pesticide resistance is an increasingly urgent worldwide problem. Resistance to one or more pesticides has been documented in more than 440 species of insects and mites. Resistance in vectors of human dise8se, particularly malaria-transmit­ ting mosquitoes, is a serious threat to public health in many nations. Agricultural productivity is jeopardized because of widespread resistance in crop and livestock pests. Serious resistance problems are also evident in pests of the urban environ­ ment, most notably cockroaches. Better understanding of pesticide resistance is needed to devise techniques for managing resistance (Le. , slowing, preventing, or reversing development of resistance in pests and promoting it in beneficial natural enemies). At the same time, resistance is a dramatic example of evolution. Knowledge of resistance can thus provide fundamental insights into evolution, genetics, physiology, and ecology. Resistance management can help to reduce the harmful effects of pesticides by decreasing rates of pesticide use and prolonging the efficacy of environmentally safe pesticides. In response to resistance problems, the concentration or frequency of pesticide applications is often increased. Effective resistance management would reduce this type of increased pesticide use. Improved monitoring of resis­ tance would also decrease the number of ineffective pesticide applications that are made when a resistance problem exists but has not been diagnosed. Resistance often leads to replacement of one pesticide with another that is more expensive and less compatible with alternative controls.

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Synopsis

Resistance to pesticides has been reported in at least 450 species of insects and mites around the world. Many arthropod pests are able to tolerate virtually all pesticides available for their control. Resistance almost invariably results in the adoption of more expensive or more toxic control measures. Thus limiting the development of resistance is essential for cutting production costs of pesticides and avoiding environmental disaster. In the last ten years, great strides have been made in understanding resistance and how it can be delayed. This text provides a comprehensive, current and critical review of this dynamic field. This edited collection assembles some researchers in the field - all are authors internationally recognized for their research, lecturing and consulting activities. An integrated series of chapters covers a wide range of basic and practical aspects of resistance, including molecular genetics, population biology, resistance mechanisms, policy issues and the design and establishment of resistance management programs. Extensive reference lists provide a thorough guide to the scientific literature on insecticide resistance.

This text should prove to be a superb introduction to the area for nonspecialists and an essential reference for graduate students and researchers in entomology, toxicology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and science policy, as well as professionals in the pesticide industry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041201971X
• ISBN 13: 9780412019715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Roush Richard, Tabashnik Bruce E.