“…We are defining dislodgeable residues more broadly to represent the proportion of a compound that has not penetrated the plant cuticle sufficiently to resist physical removal from the plant surface. The stability of a material on a particular plant surface is dependent upon its affinity to the cuticle and epicuticular wax, environmental factors, such as temperature, moisture, and drying time, and the form of physical contact causing removal. − Studies of pyrethroid and organophosphate insecticides on leaf surfaces have shown that bioavailability of residues varies among plant species, suggesting that, in some cases, there is sufficient sorption into the plant cuticle to modify contact toxicity from surface exposure to the pest. , Buchholz and Nauen compared the translocation and translaminar movement of two neonicotinoid insecticides, imidacloprid and acetamiprid, on cotton and cabbage leaves. Even though the intrinsic toxicity of these two compounds to green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), and cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii (Glover), were equal, differences were found in the ultimate pest efficacy based on the translaminar and acropetal patterns of insecticide movement in each of the two plant types.…”