Global pesticide resistance in arthropods /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Arthropod pests > Control.; Arthropod pests > Insecticide resistance.; Laws and Regulations.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Pesticide and Drug Resistance.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Mathematics and Statistics.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Arthropods.; Plants.; Biochemistry.; Evolution.; Genetically engineered organisms.; Molecular genetics.; Pesticide resistance.; Pesticides.; Policy.; Resistance management.; Risk assessment.; Simulation models.; Transgenic plants.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 169 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 6 chapters focusing on the following topics: analysis of global pesticide resistance in arthropods; documentation of pesticide resistance in arthropods; the biochemical and molecular genetic basis of resistance to pesticides in arthropods; assessing the risk of the evolution of resistance to pesticides using spatially complex simulation models; pesticide and transgenic plant resistance management in the field; and the politics of resistance management.