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Title Global pesticide resistance in arthropods / edited by M.E. Whalon, D. Mota-Sanchez, R.M. Hollingworth
Published Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 169 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contributing Authors; Introduction; 1. Analysis of Global Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods; 2. Documentation of Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods; 3. The Biochemical and Molecular Genetic Basis of Resistance to Pesticides in Arthropods; 4. Assessing the Risk of the Evolution of Resistance to Pesticides Using Spatially Complex Simulation Models; 5. Pesticide and Transgenic Plant Resistance Management in the Field; 6. The Politics of Resistance Management: Working Towards Pesticide Resistance Management Globally; Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Arthropod pests -- Insecticide resistance
Arthropod pests -- Control
Pesticide resistance.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
Arthropods.
Plants.
Biochemistry.
Evolution.
Genetically engineered organisms.
Molecular genetics.
Pesticide resistance.
Pesticides.
Policy.
Resistance management.
Risk assessment.
Simulation models.
Transgenic plants.
Pesticide resistance
Arthropod pests -- Control
Form Electronic book
Author Whalon, Mark Edward, 1948-
Mota-Sanchez, D. (David), 1960-
Hollingworth, Robert M., 1939-
ISBN 1845933796
9781845933791
1281375896
9781281375896