The response of German cockroaches to commercial toxic baits and their potential to develop resistance

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dc.contributor.authorNegus, Tracy L.en
dc.contributor.departmentEntomologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:47:06Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:47:06Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-07en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-07en
dc.description.abstractMultiple strains of German cockroaches, Blattella germanica, were exposed to four different toxic baits. The baits used were Roach Ender, Whitmire gel bait (not commercially available), Stapleton’s Magnetic Roach Food and Baygon. For each bait, strains varied in respect to bait consumption, percent bait eaten and mortality. Selection experiments were carried out to determine the potential for the development of resistance. After three generations of selection, incipient development of behavioral resistance was found in the Jacksonville and Puerto Rico strains exposed to Roach Ender. All strains exposed to Stapleton’s Magnetic Roach Food developed strong behavioral resistance. Video recordings were carried out to study the behavior of the selected strain and the stock of some strains that had developed behavioral resistance. The results from these experiments were inconclusive.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 45 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10072005-094848en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10072005-094848/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45080en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.N448.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36436574en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.N448en
dc.titleThe response of German cockroaches to commercial toxic baits and their potential to develop resistanceen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEntomologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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