In many ways, human actions are hastening pests' evolution of resistance. Farmers spray higher doses of pesticide if the traditional dose doesn't kill, so genetic mechanisms that enable the pests ...

Insecticides have been used for centuries to counteract widespread pest damage to valuable food crops. Eventually, over time, ...

Since insecticides are the most prevalent way of controlling crop damage from pests, their overuse has rendered pests ...

is now calling for 'urgent' research into whether this type of resistance could emerge for other pesticides. What is ...

Just as crop-devouring insects evolve to resist pesticides, cancer cells can increase their lethality by developing ...

Researchers explore how established agricultural pest management strategies could be adapted to address cancer therapy. The pioneering method opens new possibilities for controlling drug resistance ...

But pests may eventually evolve so that these pesticides are ineffective ... Induced resistance may not only help reduce the threats posed by pests. Other types of induced resistance could improve ...