Aedes aegypti insecticide resistance underlies the success (and failure) of Wolbachia population replacement

GA Garcia, AA Hoffmann, R Maciel-de-Freitas… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mosquitoes that carry Wolbachia endosymbionts may help control the spread of arboviral
diseases, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya. Wolbachia frequencies systematically …

Laboratory induced bifenthrin resistance selection in Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa)(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae): stability, cross-resistance, dominance and effects on …

A Banazeer, SA Shad, MBS Afzal - Crop protection, 2020 - Elsevier
The dusky cotton bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa)(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) is a serious
pest of cotton and damages cotton seed by reducing the oil content. In Pakistan, O …

Insecticide resistance, fitness and susceptibility to Zika infection of an interbred Aedes aegypti population from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CR Dos Santos, C de Melo Rodovalho, W Jablonka… - Parasites & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Aedes aegypti is a vector of high relevance, since it transmits several
arboviruses, including dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Studies on vector biology are usually …

Role transformation of fecundity and viability: The leading cause of fitness costs associated with beta-cypermethrin resistance in Musca domestica

J Shi, L Zhang, J Mi, X Gao - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Fitness is closely associated with the development of pesticide resistance in insects, which
determines the control strategies employed to target species and the risks of toxicity faced by …