Status of insecticide resistance in Culex pipiens field populations from north-eastern areas of Italy before the withdrawal of OP compounds

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-106

  Toma, Luciano ^a   Menegon, Michela ^a   Romi, Roberto ^a   De Matthaeis, Elvira ^b   Montanari, Mario ^c   Severini, Carlo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Azimut SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Culex pipiens; Esterases; Insecticide resistance; Italy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; ESTERASE; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; TEMEFOS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; INSECTICIDE; LEGISLATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; MUTATION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CHLORPYRIFOS; CULEX; ESTERASES; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; ITALY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TEMEFOS;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; ITALY;

CULEX PIPIENS; EMILIA;

EID: 78650242888     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2039     Document Type: Article

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