Paper establishes low doses of Imidacloprid cause blindness in insects (IMAGE)

University of Melbourne

Paper establishes low doses of Imidacloprid cause blindness in insects

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Dr Felipe Martelli says studies have shown that low doses of insecticides can affect insect behaviour but have not uncovered how insecticides trigger changes at the cellular and molecular levels.

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Florienne Loder, Bio21 Institute, the University of Melbourne

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