Responses to sublethal insecticide exposure in the German cockroach (Blattodea: Ectobiidae)

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 223, PCC

Presenting Author(s)

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Shao-Hung Dennis Lee (he/him/his)

Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California
Riverside, California

Co-Author(s)

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Man Zhao

University of California
Riverside, California
Chow-Yang Lee, BCE

Professor & Endowed Presidential Chair in Urban Entomology
University of California
Riverside, California

German cockroach insecticide products range across multiple classes and formulations, which can be applied concurrently. Due to widespread insecticide resistance in the species, insecticide exposure may fail to deliver a lethal dose. We measured physiological changes in the German cockroach after surviving a sublethal dose of a pyrethroid and examined changes in susceptibility towards other insecticides.