Toxicity of diazinon and cypermethrin against the American cockroach, <i>Periplaneta americana</i> (L.)

New insights into the infection of the American cockroachPeriplaneta americananymphs withMetarhizium anisopliaes.l. (Ascomycota: Hypocreales)

“…Cockroaches are mostly controlled by low-cost, relatively fast-acting chemical insecticides (Cochran 1999;Rahman and Akter 2006). However, indiscriminate use of chemicals is a major reason for the increasing resistance of these pests (Karunaratrie 1999;Qian et al 2010), and there is therefore an urgent need to search for innovative control methods.…”