Curated OER
Superbugs
Students research deep sea communities and discover strategies for combating antimicrobial resistance and write reports on it. They consider overprescription and prophylactic uses of antibiotics as causes for their ineffectiveness.
NC State University
North Carolina State University: Resistance to Pesticides
Although pesticides are designed to kill pest populations, they are seldom 100% effective -- a few individuals usually survive and reproduce. These survivors may have a behavioral trait that helps them avoid the pesticide, a biochemical...
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Pesticide Environmental Stewardship: Introduction to Insecticide Resistance
Insecticides are organized into classes-organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, neonicotinoids, etc.- that share a common chemical structure and mode of action (MOA). MOA is the specific process by which an insecticide kills an...
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Irac: Resistance Definition
Resistance may be defined as 'a heritable change in the sensitivity of a pest population that is reflected in the repeated failure of a product to achieve the expected level of control when used according to the label recommendation for...