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RESISTANCE PESTICIDE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Crop Protection
DEF

A genetic change in response to selection by a pesticide resulting in the development of strains capable of surviving a dose lethal to a majority of individuals in a normal population.

CONT

Pesticide resistance in the arthropod pests causing over one million dollars damage to California Agriculture in 1970 was demonstrated.

OBS

Resistance may develop in insects, weeds, and pathogens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Protection des végétaux
DEF

Changement génétique en réaction à la sélection par un herbicide et qui résulte du développement de souches capables de survivre à une dose mortelle pour la majorité des individus d'une population normale.

OBS

Cette résistance peut apparaître chez les insectes, les plantes adventices ou les pathogènes.

Spanish

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