A new bioassay method for the detection of resistance to pesticides in the stored product mite Acarus siro (Acari: Acaridae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 543-552

  Thind, B B ^a   Muggleton, J ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acarus siro; Bioassay; Dose response data; Organophosphorus pesticides; Stored product mites

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; MITE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ACARUS SIRO;

EID: 0031683023     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006037807498     Document Type: Article

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