Resistance against noctuid larvae

Critical Complications in the Use of Oxidative Enzymes as Bases of Resistance against Noctuid Larvae... 

Our knowledge of how to most effectively utilize PPO, POD, and LOX as antinutritive bases of resistance against noctuid larvae is insufficient. A number of other critical enzymatic and chemical... 

The feasibility of using these antinutritive plant systems as multiple-factor/multiple-mechanism resistance against noctuid larvae remains to be determined. It is possible that such a multiple onslaught against nutrient acquisition is redundant. In other words, perhaps merely the use of PPO and chlorogenic acid is sufficient. It also remains to be determined whether this proposed multiple-factor/multiple-mechanism of resistance renders the insects detoxicative systems more susceptible to traditional control tactics, and whether the evolution of resistance to such multiple antinutritive factors is more difficult than to insecticides. 

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