Honey bee survival is affected by interactions between field-relevant rates of fungicides and insecticides used in apple and blueberry production

Certain compounds of low toxicity can increase the susceptibility of an organism to toxic substances; this is known as potentiation. Demethylation inhibiting (DMI) fungicides can potentiate insecticides by impairing the production of detoxification enzymes. As both DMI fungicides and insecticides ca...

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Main Authors: Paul Manning, Krilen Ramanaidu, G. Christopher Cutler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017-11-01
Series:FACETS
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Online Access:http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2017-0025