RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT

FROM THE APRIL 2024 ISSUE OF GROWERTALKS MAGAZINE

WRITTEN BY DR. RAYMOND A CLOYD

NARRATED BY BILL CALKINS

EXCERPT: Resistance develops when pesticides with similar modes of action are continually applied to manage insect and/or mite pest populations below plant-damaging levels. It’s important to understand that pesticides don’t cause resistance; instead, pesticides select for naturally occurring resistance traits in insect and/or mite pest populations by removing susceptible individuals from the population.

Two strategies that may delay the onset of resistance developing in insect and/or mite pest populations are pesticide rotations (alternations/cycling) and pesticide mixtures (combinations).

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