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Enzyme Induction, Gene Amplification and Insect Resistance to Insecticides

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Pest Resistance to Pesticides

Abstract

Perhaps the most fully understood mechanism of insecticide resistance in insects is that due to increased metabolism of the toxicant. We will refer to this as biochemical resistance. It is obvious that any metabolism that inactivites an insecticide will be beneficial to the insect and that such traits will be transmitted genetically. What is not so obvious, however, is how the organism achieves the observed increase in enzyme activity. We will consider some possibilities in this chapter.

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Terriere, L.C. (1983). Enzyme Induction, Gene Amplification and Insect Resistance to Insecticides. In: Georghiou, G.P., Saito, T. (eds) Pest Resistance to Pesticides. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4466-7_11

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