Managing resistance is critical to future use of pyrethroids and neonicotinoids

Frank Zalom; Nick Toscano; Frank J. Byrne

doi:10.3733/ca.v059n01p11

California Agriculture (Jan 2005)

Managing resistance is critical to future use of pyrethroids and neonicotinoids

Frank Zalom,
Nick Toscano,
Frank J. Byrne

Affiliations

Frank Zalom
Nick Toscano
Frank J. Byrne: R. A. Van Steenwyk is Cooperative Extension Entomologist, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley; and F.G. Zalom is Entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, and Cooperative Extension Entomologist, Department of Entomology, UC Davis. We gratefully acknowledge the California Department of Food and Agriculture for financial support in the development of the base document, and in publication of this special issue. We also thank the many UC Cooperative Extension Specialists and Farm Advisors who provided technical expertise in the development of alternative scenarios for the specific crops studied.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.v059n01p11
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 59, no. 1
pp. 11 – 15

Abstract

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Synthetic pyrethroids and neonicotinoids are the most readily available alternatives to the organophosphate and carbamate insecticides. Pyrethroids have become widely used in California, and problems with insecticide resistance and nontarget impacts have already been identified. Neonicotinoids are a new class of insecticide with uses only now being realized. Managing insecticide resistance will be crucial to preserving these new materials as organophosphate uses are lost.

Published in California Agriculture

ISSN: 0008-0845 (Print); 2160-8091 (Online)
Publisher: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Agriculture (General)
Website: http://calag.ucanr.edu/

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