Insects

How Aphids May Outlast the Muscle Breakers: Group 28 Insecticides (Diamides)

How Aphids May Outlast the Muscle Breakers: Gro...

Diamides target aphid muscles rather than nerves — but resistance via ryanodine receptor mutations has already appeared in other pests, and the same path is open to aphids.

How Aphids May Outlast the Muscle Breakers: Gro...

Diamides target aphid muscles rather than nerves — but resistance via ryanodine receptor mutations has already appeared in other pests, and the same path is open to aphids.

How Aphids Beat the Feeding Blockers: Group 9 Insecticides (Pymetrozine & Flonicamid)

How Aphids Beat the Feeding Blockers: Group 9 I...

Pymetrozine and flonicamid starve aphids by blocking feeding — but metabolic resistance is catching up, and cross-resistance from other chemistry groups is a growing concern.

How Aphids Beat the Feeding Blockers: Group 9 I...

Pymetrozine and flonicamid starve aphids by blocking feeding — but metabolic resistance is catching up, and cross-resistance from other chemistry groups is a growing concern.

How Aphids Rewire Their Own Brains: Group 4 Insecticides (Neonicotinoids)

How Aphids Rewire Their Own Brains: Group 4 Ins...

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides in the world — and aphids have evolved both a target-site mutation and gene amplification to beat them.

How Aphids Rewire Their Own Brains: Group 4 Ins...

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides in the world — and aphids have evolved both a target-site mutation and gene amplification to beat them.

How Aphids Survive the Lightning Strike: Group 3 Insecticides (Pyrethroids)

How Aphids Survive the Lightning Strike: Group ...

Pyrethroids can produce 35-fold resistance on their own — but stacked with metabolic enzymes, some aphid populations reach 540-fold resistance to deltamethrin.

How Aphids Survive the Lightning Strike: Group ...

Pyrethroids can produce 35-fold resistance on their own — but stacked with metabolic enzymes, some aphid populations reach 540-fold resistance to deltamethrin.

How Aphids Outsmart Our Oldest Nerve Poisons: Group 1 Insecticides

How Aphids Outsmart Our Oldest Nerve Poisons: G...

Organophosphates and carbamates are among the oldest insecticides still in use — and aphids have evolved a precise genetic defense called MACE to beat them.

How Aphids Outsmart Our Oldest Nerve Poisons: G...

Organophosphates and carbamates are among the oldest insecticides still in use — and aphids have evolved a precise genetic defense called MACE to beat them.