Open AccessRESISTANCE TO CONTROL CHEMICALS IN AUSTRALIAN ARTHROPOD PESTS
Author(s) -
Kerr R. W.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00113.x
Subject(s) - biology , arthropod , resistance (ecology) , chemical control , insecticide resistance , insect , selection (genetic algorithm) , ecology , pest control , pest analysis , integrated pest management , microbiology and biotechnology , toxicology , agronomy , botany , artificial intelligence , computer science
The present status of resistance of Australian insect and acarine pests to control chemicals is summarized. Development of resistance is discussed as an inevitable evolutionary consequence of the intrinsic selective effect of chemical control practices, with implications that delaying or retarding the development of resistances is primarily a question of reducing the selection pressures that these practices are exerting on pest populations.