Pesticide

PESTICIDE RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT Pesticide Resistance Management

Pesticide Immunoassay

Pesticides are used globally for enhancing crop yields. However, their excessive use/misuse, especially in the developing countries, results in widespread food and environmental contamination. The presence of pesticide residues in food and environment has posed a serious threat to human health and caused a great concern. In order to keep human from being affected, analytical and monitoring syst...

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

The midgut proteinases from a Bacillus thuringiensis-susceptible (IA-S) and four laboratory-selected resistant strains (KS-SC, KS-NE, IA-1, and IA-3) of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) were characterized using three synthetic substrates, Na-benzoyl-L-arginine p-nitroanilide (BApNA) for trypsin-like, Nsuccinyl-ala-ala-pro-phe p-nitroanilide (SAAPFpNA) for chymotrypsin-like, and N-succin...

Pesticide Poisoning in Humans

The ever increasing demand for more food production has been met by adoption of better crop protection measures. Since world war II synthetic chemicals/poisons have been extensively used for the control of agricultural as well as household and medical insect pests. These poisons which otherwise are employed for human benefit can also be called as economic poisons. Pesticides used for the contro...

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) that were fed fipronil bait produced liquid excretions that were toxic to conspecifics. We have used a combination of analytical and behavioral assays to localize the source, to elucidate the time course, and to evaluate the role of these excretions in facilitation of secondary kill. Fipronil excretion coincided with the onset of the paralyti...