Browsing by Subject "Insecticide resistance"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)A triple mutant strain of the house fly, Misca domestica L., with 3 visible recessive genes, ar, stw, and car, on chromosome II was developed. With this strain, genetic tests were made to determine the order and map positions ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The mode of action of DDT and pyrethroids was investigated in the house fly, Musca domestica L., using drug:receptor binding techniques. Both in vivo and in vitro binding studies demonstrated the existence of membrane ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)Metabolic resistance (R) controlled by a major gene on chromosome II in house flies is maintained in a heterozygous (R/S) condition in a laboratory strain called R-Propoxur-car. After 120 generations of intermittent selection ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The relationship between the diet of phytophagous insects and susceptibility to insecticides is complex. This dissertation attempted to shed light on several aspects of this relationship with Heliothis zea. The objectives ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)Biotic potentials were measured for susceptible and pyrethroid-resistant horn flies, Haematobia irritans (L.). Resistant horn flies were less fit than susceptible flies. Pyrethroid-resistance was a reproductive disadvantage ...