On the Necessity of Controlling the Level of Insecticide Resistance in Insect Populations

Insect populations have developed resistance to all major classes of insecticides, and their ability to continue to do so appears infinite. In contrast, our ability to develop new insecticides appears to be finite. Therefore, the necessity of controlling the level of resistant genes in insect populations is almost certain. Gene infusion, the continual replacement of susceptible genes into insect populations, is a possible way of achieving this goal.