Mechanisms underlying fipronil resistance in a multiresistant field strain of the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-131

  Gondhalekar, Ameya D ^a,b   Scharf, Michael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; enhanced metabolism; fipronil resistance; German cockroach; target site insensitivity

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MUTATION; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PYRAZOLES;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE;

EID: 84856619033     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11106     Document Type: Article

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