The re-emergence of the bed bug as a nuisance pest: Implications of resistance to the pyrethroid insecticides

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-254

  Davies, T G E ^a   Field, L M ^a   Williamson, M S ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed bug; DDT; Insecticide resistance; Pest control; Pyrethroid; Resurgence

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; DDT; INSECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PYRETHROID; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; CIMEX; DRUG EFFECT; ECTOPARASITOSIS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GENETIC FITNESS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYRETHRINS;

CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84865088035     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.01006.x     Document Type: Review

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