Managing Resistance to Agrochemicals. From Fundamental Research to Practical Strategies

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Content: Understanding and combating agrochemical resistance --
Overview of insecticide resistance --
Resistance mechanisms to carbamate and organophosphate insecticides --
Biochemical and genetic mechanisms of insecticide resistance --
Characterization and exploitation of instability of spider mite resistance to acaricides --
Laboratory evaluation and empirical modeling of resistance-countering strategies --
Targeting insecticide-resistant markets --
Strategies for managing resistance to insecticides in Heliothis pests of cotton --
Pyrethroid resistance in Heliothis spp. --
Management of pesticide resistance in arthropod pests --
Antiresistance strategies --
Sterol biosynthesis inhibitors --
Resistance to sterol biosynthesis-inhibiting fungicides --
Biochemical basis of resistance to phenylamide fungicides --
Mechanism of action of N-phenylcarbamates in benzimidazole-resistant Neurospora strains --
Binding of cellular protein from Venturia nashicola isolates to carbendazim --
Edifenphos resistance in Pyricularia oryzae and Drechslera oryzae --
Management of fungicide resistance by using computer simulation --
Population biology and management of fungicide resistance --
Impact of fungicide resistance on citrus fruit decay control --
Predicting the evolution of fungicide resistance --
Fungicide resistance action committee --
Herbicide resistance in weeds and crops --
Fate of herbicide resistance genes in weeds --
Structural and biochemical characterization of dinitroaniline-resistant Eleusine --
Herbicide resistance in Alopecurus myosuroides --
Herbicide cross-resistance in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud) --
Peroxidizing herbicides --
Fitness and ecological adaptability of herbicide-resistant biotypes --
Herbicide rotations and mixtures --
Herbicide-resistant plants carrying mutated acetolactate synthase genes --
Genetic modification of crop responses to imidazolinone herbicides.

Author(s): Maurice B. Green, Homer M. LeBaron, and William K. Moberg (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 421
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 1990

Language: English
Pages: 501
City: Washington, D.C