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Indirect evidence that agricultural pesticides select for insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.
Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology - 1 Jun 2016
Luc Djogbénou S, Benoit Assogba, Laurette Djossou, Michel Makoutode
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the possible relationship between the agricultural use of insecticides and the emergence of insecticide resistance. Bioassays were conducted using simulated mosquito larval habitats and well known Anopheles gambiae strains. Soil samples were collected from vegetable production areas in Benin, including one site with insecticide use, one site where insecticides had not been used for two months, and...
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