In one county in England, these "super rats" have built up such resistance to certain toxins that they can consume five times as much poison as rats in other counties before dying. From insect ...

Environmental contamination, food safety concerns, and pest resistance to conventional insecticides have caused a steady increase in demand for Bt-based insecticides. The recent escalation of ...

78, No. 3 (Sep., 1995), pp. 386-399 (14 pages) Pesticide resistance in Florida was characterized through a survey and literature review. The survey was conducted in 1994 among public-sector ...

Insecticide resistance typically takes many generations to evolve, usually because tweaks to the insects’ own genomes. But the bean bug’s strategy allows it to acquire such resistance with ...

researchers have uncovered the robust insect resistance mechanisms of Solanum habrochaites, a wild tomato species. By unraveling the genetic and metabolic intricacies of the phenylpropanoid ...

When susceptible pests munch on these “Bt crops,” they get poisoned. But insects that have developed resistance to Bt toxins can live on undeterred, and that resistance is growing. “When Bt crops were ...

Phosphine is a widely used fumigant for controlling pests in stored products, but resistance to this chemical has become a significant concern among various insect species. As resistance develops ...

Mosquitoes in the Emirates are becoming resistant to a key insecticide, according to researchers at UAE University in Al ...

Mosquitoes in Tanzania's Morogoro region developed insecticide resistance Researchers are calling for urgent research into ...

GE maize seed comes from the seller with innate pest resistance. Functionally, this means that growers will be handling and applying fewer chemical insecticides, which has both health benefits for ...