Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Entomology"
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CHRONIC, MULTI-GENERATIONAL EXPOSURE TO LOW DOSES OF IMIDACLOPRID: ITS EFFECTS ON CHEMICAL PRECONDITIONING AND MUTATION INDUCTION IN NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS IN MYZUS PERSICAE (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE)
(2016-12-19)Hormesis is a phenomenon whereby exposure to low or sublethal doses of a chemical, physical, or biological stressor stimulate or enhance biological processes in an organism. Hormesis is an evolutionarily conserved process ... -
AN EXAMINATION OF IMIDACLOPRID INDUCED STRESS AND HORMESIS IN THE BENEFICIAL INSECT PREDATOR, PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS (SAY) (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE)
(2022-11-23)Traditional models of toxicology have failed to capture the biological complexity of low dose effects of toxicological agents on organisms and the environment. The hormetic model, whereby low dose exposures to chemical or ...