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A SURVEY OF CANADIAN POPULATIONS OF THE GERMAN COCKROACH FOR RESISTANCE TO INSECTICIDES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Surat S. Batth
Surat S. Batth
Affiliation:
Pesticide Bioassay Laboratory, Plant Products Division, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa
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Abstract

First to sixth generation offspring of samples of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica L., collected from various areas in Canada were tested for resistance to various insecticides applied topically. All collections showed a high level of resistance to chlordane, some resistance to propoxur and malathion, and little or none to chlorpyrifos and diazinon.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 49 - 52
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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