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Grow your best crop ever! Cultural and technical information for greenhouse professionals.
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Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT
FROM THE APRIL 2024 ISSUE OF GROWERTALKS MAGAZINE
WRITTEN BY DR. RAYMOND A CLOYD
NARRATED BY BILL CALKINS
EXCERPT: Resistance develops when pesticides with similar modes of action are continually applied to manage insect and/or mite pest populations below plant-damaging levels. It’s important to understand that pesticides don’t cause resistance; instead, pesticides select for naturally occurring resistance traits in insect and/or mite pest populations by removing susceptible individuals from the population.
Two strategies that may delay the onset of resistance developing in insect and/or mite pest populations are pesticide rotations (alternations/cycling) and pesticide mixtures (combinations).
Read the digital edition of GrowerTalks Magazine—April 2024: https://www.ballpublishing.com/magazine/gt_24_04/index.aspx
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