Resistance Management
"Pesticides are important pest management tools. Many pesticides have gradually lost their effectiveness due to the development of resistance by pests they once controlled. Pest resistance is an heritable and significant decrease in the sensitivity of a pest population to a pesticide that is shown to reduce the field performance of pesticides. Pests may include insects, mites, weeds, and fungi and bacteria which cause plant disease. The management of pesticide resistance development is an important part of sustainable pest management and this, in conjunction with alternative pest management strategies and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs, can make significant contributions to reducing risks to humans and the environment." US EPA (http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/tpes.html#Pest%20Resistance).
- Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC)
- Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC)
- Insecticide Resistance Action Committee
- International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
- Insect Resistance Management Learning Center (IRMLC)
- Management of Pest Resistance: Strategies Using Crop Management, Biotechnology, and Pesticides. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) - Special Publication 24 - CAST
- Plants Protected from Pests - C.A. Boyles and P. G. Koehler (324KB pdf)
