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Resistance to Pyrethrins and to Pyrethrins - Piperonyl Butoxide in a Wild Strain of Musca domestica L. in Sweden

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ALTHOUGH synergized pyrethrins have been used for fly control for many years, there is no published record of Musca domestica L. becoming resistant to this insecticide in the field.

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DAVIES, M., KEIDING, J. & VON HOFSTEN, C. Resistance to Pyrethrins and to Pyrethrins - Piperonyl Butoxide in a Wild Strain of Musca domestica L. in Sweden. Nature 182, 1816–1817 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821816a0

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