The department continues to have an excellent national and international reputation in this area, particularly for studies of the modes of action and selective toxicity of insecticides and natural products that affect insects, and of mechanisms of insecticide resistance. We have produced the “Pest Resistance Management Newsletter” biannually since 1992. This periodical publishes research articles and reviews and has a circulation of over 2,000 copies worldwide. This group works closely with other faculty members in IPM in the development of pest resistance management concepts and strategies.
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Voltage-gated sodium channels are targets of various neurotoxins including pyrethroid insecticides. Pyrethroid insecticides are widely used to control many agriculturally and medically important insect pests. Due to intensive use of pyrethroids however, many pest populations have developed resistance to these compounds.
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Research published in a recent edition of Nature identifies a chemical that increases a bee's ability to identify nestmates. It also makes the bees more aggressive to bees they aren't related to.
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The MSU Resistant Pest Database includes mites, spiders and insects that have had one or more documented cases of resistance.
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