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Can Insecticide Resistance be Developed in Termites?


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Defined as a heritable change in the sensitivity of a pest population, insecticide-induced resistance is reflected in repeated failure in attaining the desired control. However, failure to control urban insect-pests like termites is often attributed to insecticide resistance. Treatment failures are often due to differences in toxicity, repellency, speed of intoxication and vapour pressure characteristics of termiticides.
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G. K. Mahapatro
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi 110 012, India

Abstract


Defined as a heritable change in the sensitivity of a pest population, insecticide-induced resistance is reflected in repeated failure in attaining the desired control. However, failure to control urban insect-pests like termites is often attributed to insecticide resistance. Treatment failures are often due to differences in toxicity, repellency, speed of intoxication and vapour pressure characteristics of termiticides.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi06%2F1097-1098