Fighting Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods

Contents: 1. Current status of insecticide resistance in arthropods. 2. Insect physiology with reference to action of insecticides. 3. Neurotoxide insecticides and their mode of action. 4. Insecticides resistance: a micro evolutionary phenomena. 5. Entomopathogens: mode of action and mechanism of resistance. 6. Overview of pesticide resistance mechanisms. 7. Reduced cuticular penetration and metabolic resistance. 8. Target site resistance. 9. Conventional methods of detection of insecticide resistance. 10. Biochemical and molecular methods of detections of insecticides. 11. Fitness cost associated with insecticides resistance. 12. Functional significance of insect endosymbionts. 13. Insect endosymbionts:  metagenomic perspective. 14. Do insects show resistant to EPN? Role of insect immunity. 15. Insecticide resistance management in insect pests. 16. Bt crops and insects pests susceptibility: current status. 17. Pesticide induced hormesis and resurgence. 18. Practical aspects of resistance detection: bioassay methods. 19. Practical aspects of resistance detection: biochemical methods. 20. Clean laboratory practices for rearing and bioassay of insects.