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A wide spectrum of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides inMusca domestica

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Selection of a strain of house flies with the pyrethroid bioresmethrin has resulted in a wide range of cross resistance to 15 other pyrethroid insecticides.

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DeVries, D.H., Georghiou, G.P. A wide spectrum of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides inMusca domestica . Experientia 36, 226–227 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953747

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Keywords

  • Wide Spectrum
  • Pyrethroid Insecticide
  • Cross Resistance
  • Bioresmethrin