Forestalling pesticide, antibiotic resistance possible, theory predicts. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For years, farmers and agribusinesses have talked about being on the "pesticide treadmill": A few years ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For years, farmers and agribusinesses have talked about being on the "pesticide treadmill": A few years after a pesticide is introduced, insects develop resistance to it.

(Beyond Pesticides, May 9, 2018) An insect’s gut microbiome plays an important role in conferring pesticide resistance, according to a new review published in the Annals of the Entomological Society ...

Resistance to pesticides has now been recorded in nearly a thousand pest species, including more than 500 insects, 218 weeds, and 190 fungi that attack plants.

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A team that includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of corn DNA, revealing how ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 13, 2007) Researchers from across the globe have contributed to a Nature article, which analyzed the defense mechanisms of 12 fly species that damage agricultural crops.

Bed bugs develop pesticide-resistant gene. February 5, 2011; Sarah Pfledderer; Some bed bugs have developed a pesticide-resistant gene, allowing them to withstand insect treatments and bug bombs.

Bed bugs are back, as many urbanites know. And while exterminators usually can eliminate bed bugs, a study shows that some of the pesky insects are developing resistance to pesticides. Bed bugs ...

Just as crop-devouring insects evolve to resist pesticides, cancer cells can increase their lethality by developing ...

"Pesticides are often used as a first line of defense when a pest problem arises," Code told Salon. "That reliance on chemical management is in part why pests become resistant to pesticides." ...

Pesticide-resistant insects add insult to drought injury Monsanto's GMO corn is succumbing to corn rootworms, the exact insects it was designed to kill.