Pesticide resistance and public policy

To protect crops, livestock, and public health from the damage wrought by resistant pests, researchers are now developing resistance management. The latter seeks to prevent, delay, or reverse the evolution of resistance to insecticides by a variety of chemical and ecological tactics. A review focuses on how resistance management relates to the research, regulatory, educational, and marketing institutions that establish and implement the complex policies governing pesticide use. Important components of a resistance Management Program are identified as resistance monitoring, resistance risk assessment, federal pesticide regulation, and education and extension.