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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal research
  3. biological properties and phenomena
  4. biological resistance
  5. pesticide resistance
  6. insecticide resistance

Preferred term

insecticide resistance

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The development or selection of heritable traits (genes) in an insect population that allow individuals expressing the trait to survive in the presence of levels of an insecticide (biological or chemical control agent) that would otherwise debilitate or kill this species of insect. The presence of such resistant insects makes the insecticide less useful for managing pest populations.

    Source: USDA Glossary of Agricultural Biotechnology Terms

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • insecticide susceptibility
  • susceptibility to insecticides

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47427

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