Influence of Pesticide Persistence in Evolution of Resistance 1
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 11 (3) , 746-750
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/11.3.746
Abstract
The evolution of resistance was simulated in hypothetical insect populations that were assumed to be under selection by chemicals with half-lives of 1, 2, 5, or 10 days. The influence of the life stage being exposed, the dose applied, and the influx of susceptible immigrants were also examined. Short-lived chemicals delayed or forestalled the evolution of resistance. This effect was more pronounced when both larvae and adults were assumed to be exposed to the insecticide, when doses were sufficiently large as to be lethal to heterozygotes, and when susceptible immigrants arrived at optimal rates.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Suppression of Insecticide Resistance by Alteration of Gene Dominance and MigrationJournal of Economic Entomology, 1979