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Insect control strategies and insecticide resistance

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Insecticides are crucial for the assurance of food security, agricultural productivity and control of disease vectors. However, resistance, defined as a hereditable change in susceptibility to an insecticide at a concentration that was previously effective, is a widespread problem. Management strategies to reduce the genetic selection pressure of resistance, such as the rotation in use of insecticides with different modes of action and use of insecticide mixtures, have had success, but more needs to be done to understand the evolution and propagation of resistance to reduce the rate of its acceleration and prevent future insect control challenges.

This Collection will bring together manuscripts that assess the mechanisms of insecticide resistance and explore effective monitoring and control strategies to manage this.

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