Insecticide resistant pests become increasingly difficult to control in current day agriculture. Because of environmental and health concerns, the insecticide portfolio to combat agricultural pests is gradually decreasing. It is therefore crucial to make rational decisions on insecticide use to assure effective resistance management. However, resistance monitoring programs that inform on pest susceptibility and resistance are not yet common practice in agriculture. Molecular markers of resistance that are turned into convenient diagnostic tools are urgently needed and will only increase in importance. This review investigates which factors determine the strength, diagnostic value, and success of a diagnostic marker, and in which cases recent technical advances might provide new opportunities for decision making in an operational meaningful way.

在当今农业中，抗杀虫剂的害虫变得越来越难以控制。由于对环境和健康的关注，与农业害虫作斗争的杀虫剂组合正在逐渐减少。因此，至关重要的是要对杀虫剂的使用做出合理的决定，以确保有效的抗药性管理。但是，在农业中尚不普遍存在以害虫敏感性和抗性为依据的抗性监测计划。迫切需要将抗药性的分子标记物转化为方便的诊断工具，并且其重要性只会增加。这篇综述调查了哪些因素决定了诊断标志物的强度，诊断价值和成功程度，以及在哪些情况下，最新的技术进步可能会以一种有意义的操作方式为决策提供新的机会。