Book chapter
Pest Mobility, Market Share, and the Efficacy of Refuge Requirements for Resistance Management
Battling resistance to antibiotics and pesticides: an economic approach, pp.94-112
Resources for the Future
2003
Abstract
We find that farmers using traditional hybrids have a higher pest population, which is highly susceptible to Bt. The negative externality produced by the net influx of these pests into the Bt fields is small, and it is more than offset by the positive impact that the susceptible pests have on delaying resistance buildup. Furthermore, the number of pests moving into the non-Bt fields is low and does not cause significant damage.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pest Mobility, Market Share, and the Efficacy of Refuge Requirements for Resistance Management
- Creators
- Silvia Secchi - University of Iowa, Geographical and Sustainability SciencesBruce A Babcock
- Contributors
- Ramanan Laxminarayan (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Battling resistance to antibiotics and pesticides: an economic approach, pp.94-112
- Table of contents
- pt. 1. Issues of optimal management of resistance -- pt. 2. The impact of resistance -- pt. 3. The behavior of firms.
- Publisher
- Resources for the Future; Washington, D.C
- Number of pages
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2003
- Academic Unit
- Geographical and Sustainability Sciences; University College Courses; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983917597002771
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