Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, Vol. 121, No. 2 (April 2014), pp. 89-95 (7 pages) Pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) is the most important pest of oilseed rape in ...

In the arms race of humans verses malaria-spreading mosquitos, the insects have developed a number of genetic tricks to thwart pyrethroids, a class of insecticides used to keep their populations at ...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated their policy regarding the type of insecticide used on bed nets to prevent malaria. Against the backdrop of growing resistance of disease-carrying ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The pharmacotherapy of head lice has been a frequent topic of this column, owing to its commonality, therapeutic ...

Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have identified a previously unknown mechanism by which mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite can become resistant to the insecticide that ...

Researchers from LSTM, with partners from a number of international institutions, have shown the rapid selection of a novel P450 enzyme leading to insecticide resistance in a major malaria vector. In ...

Mosquitoes that are extremely resistant to insecticides have been discovered in Cambodia and Vietnam, raising concerns about the implications for controlling infectious diseases. Many of these belong ...

Fighting mosquito-borne diseases often feels like a race against time. Pesticides keep the insects in check, but they often stop working once the bugs evolve to become resistant to the chemicals. Now, ...