Susceptibility and Tolerance Herbicide susceptibility is the degree to which a plant is subject to injury or death due to a particular herbicide. Herbicide tolerance is the inherited ability of a species to survive and reproduce following herbicide treatment. There was no selection to make the plants tolerant; those plants simply possess a natural tolerance. […]
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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 insect, or inhibits its growth. The target site of action is the exact location of inhibition, such as interfering with the activity of an enzyme […]