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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
2017-11-01
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Series: | FACETS |
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Online Access: | http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2017-0025 |