Behavioristic resistance

Resistance to pesticides is the development of an ability in a population of a pest to tolerate doses of toxicants that would prove lethal to the majority of individuals within the same species. The term behavioristic resistance describes the development of the ability to avoid a dose that would prove lethal. Resistance is distinct from the natural tolerance shown by some species of pests. Here a biochemical or physiological property renders the pesticide ineffective against the majority of normal individuals. 

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