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Sep 2026
Host-mediated insecticide sequestration in target-site-resistant pests impacts parasitoid fitness and evolution.
Insecticide resistance poses a major challenge to global pest management, yet its cascading effects on ecological networks remain poorly understood. Here, we show that target-site-resistant herbivorous insects can accumulate unmetabolized insecticides and inadvertently function as "toxic prey," impairing the fitness of...
Zhi-Han Liu, Ting Feng, Lei Guo et al.
· Proceedings of the National... · 0 citations