Screening for resistance against major lepidopteran and stem weevil pests of amaranth in Tanzania
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DOI: 10.1007/s10681-018-2269-1
Abstract: Insect pests pose major challenges to optimum productivity of amaranth in Africa and Asia. The use of insecticides is the main control strategy, but is expensive and may pose health and environmental concerns, especially if… read more here.
Keywords: lepidopteran; stem weevil; screening resistance; resistance ... See more keywords
Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005625
Abstract: Both Aedes aegytpi and Ae. albopictus are major vectors of 5 important arboviruses (namely chikungunya virus, dengue virus, Rift Valley fever virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus), making these mosquitoes an important factor in… read more here.
Keywords: contemporary status; resistance; resistance major; insecticide resistance ... See more keywords
A 6.5kb Intergenic Structural Variation Exacerbates the Fitness Cost of P450-Based Metabolic Resistance in the Major African Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus
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DOI: 10.3390/genes13040626
Abstract: Metabolic-based resistance to insecticides limit the control of medically important pests, and it is extremely detrimental in the ongoing struggle to control disease vectors. Elucidating the fitness cost of metabolic resistance in major malaria vectors… read more here.
Keywords: fitness cost; p450 based; metabolic resistance; resistance ... See more keywords