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investigate reportcd cases of resistance. All types of susceptibility
(inclusive of biochemical and physiological) tests to determine type(s) of
mechanism(s) should tc performed. The laboratories should also maintain
standard susceptible colonies of various pest specics.
4. Staff tmining to acquire bioassay, biochemical a:nd biostatistical techniques,
be organized at ie national or international level.
5. Countermeasures against pesticide resistance should be studied to extend the
usefulness of a pesticide, taking into consideration the bionomics of the
target pest species and possible contamination of ecosystems.
6. Behavioral studies such as pesticide effects on host searching, and on the use
of semiochemicals in combination with pesticide and/or traps should be
undcrtaken.
7. The following activities relatcd to pesticide resistance be promoted and
funded by international organizations:
a) an updated inventory of current research projects, institutions and
investigators be compiled and circulated;
b) preventing movement of resistant strains between neighboring
coumtries, especially wind-borne pests such as the leaflhoppers and
plaot thopper,7 by inter-country cooperation: and
c) contacts between scientists for the mutual exchange of ideas and
techniques through workshops and symposia.
AC KNOWL ED GEM EN TS
The author gratefully thanks Ms. Janice King Jensen, USAID, for the
invitation, and for arranging financial support provided by the Consortium for
International Crop Protection to participate in the Southeast Asian Pesticide
The interest of and information provided by
Management and IPM workshop.
Dr. K. L. 1leong, MARDI, and Mr. N. K. Ho, MADA, and the University
Authorities for providing research facilities are greatly appreciated.
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