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Actions and Proposed Policies for Resistance Management by Agricultural Chemical Manufacturers
Pages 388-392

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From page 388...
... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA' regulatory responsibilities to include resistance management, pesticide taxes to support regulations, or a resistance research foundation created with industry assessments. Industry does support research, monitoring, and educational activities in-house and in cooperation with other organizations for resistance management.
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From page 389...
... Industry has resources to facilitate practical solutions a worldwide communications network; cooperative research and development contracts; and a broad research base in biology, genetics, biochemistry, neurophysiology, toxicology, and the like. Industry also has an excellent record of sponsoring educational activities for which speakers, teachers, and funds for symposia and training courses have been contributed.
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From page 390...
... Industry also cooperated through PEG to prevent the use of pyrethroids on noncotton crops in Egypt, thus interrupting exposure of Spodoptera throughout the year. In Australia cooperative action by industry, government, and growers successfully implemented restrictive strategies of pyrethroid use on cotton to manage Heliothis resistance in 1984.
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From page 391...
... INDUSTRY POLICIES Most companies support the following policies for managing resistance: · Conduct research, monitoring, and education activities in support of products · Provide financial support to outside research, monitoring, and educational facilities for pesticide resistance management · Strengthen commitments to organizations such as FRAC, IRAC, GIFAP, and national associations · Support special educational and management activities in the Third World
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From page 392...
... Industry can give not only products and financial support but technical resources, organizational skills, data bases, and motivation to prolong the effectiveness of pest-control agents. REFERENCES Davies, R
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Key Terms

  • resistance research
  • field resistance
  • management strategies
  • chemical manufacturers
  • action committee

  • fungicide resistance
  • resistance action
  • industry assessments
  • congressional legislation
  • national associations

  • pesticide taxes
  • agricultural chemical
  • support congressional
  • joint industry
  • monitoring methods

  • regulatory responsibilities
  • management activities
  • third world
  • insecticide resistance
  • foundation created

  • senior scientists
  • industry actions
  • industry scientists
  • include resistance
  • support regulations

  • industry policies
  • resistance courses
  • assess risks
  • nine companies
  • major contributions


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