Application of Molecular Techniques to Improved Detection of Insecticide Resistance

The significance and extent of resistance to insect and acarid control agents is generally appreciated as a major obstacle to pest control, as well as an environmental concern. Insecticide resistance is in transition from examination of gene products to the genes and their expression. Several gross chromosomal alterations already have been detected. Further details of these, as well as the molecular basis of more subtle adaptations, can be expected to be revealed shortly and validated in field-selected, economically significant pests.