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Biochemical Sites of Insecticide Action and Resistance

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Isaac Ishaaya

    1. Department of Entomology Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Isarael

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  • Overview on the research progress over the past years in insecticide biochemistry
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Biochemical Processes Related to Insecticide Action: an Overview

    • Isaac Ishaaya
    Pages 1-16

  3. GABA and Glutamate Receptors as Biochemical Sites for Insecticide Action

    • Jeffrey R. Bloomquist
    Pages 17-41

  4. Insecticides Affecting Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

    • Eli Zlotkin
    Pages 43-76

  5. Acetylcholine Receptors as Sites for Developing Neonicotinoid Insecticides

    • R. Nauen, U. Ebbinghaus-Kintscher, A. Elbert, P. Jeschke, K. Tietjen
    Pages 77-105

  6. Ecdysteroid and Juvenile Hormone Receptors: Properties and Importance in Developing Novel Insecticides

    • S. R. Palli, A. Retnakaran
    Pages 107-132

  7. Imaginal Discs and Tissue Cultures as Targets for Insecticide Action

    • Herbert Oberlander, Guy Smagghe
    Pages 133-150

  8. Insect Neuropeptide Antagonists: a Novel Approach for Insect Control

    • Miriam Altstein, Chaim Gilon
    Pages 151-166

  9. Ion Balance in the Lepidopteran Midgut and Insecticidal Action of Bacillus thuringiensis

    • J. L. Gringorten
    Pages 167-207

  10. Evolution of Amplified Esterase Genes as a Mode of Insecticide Resistance in Aphids

    • L. M. Field, R. L. Blackman, A. L. Devonshire
    Pages 209-219

  11. Insensitive Acetylcholinesterase as Sites for Resistance to Organophosphates and Carbamates in Insects: Insensitive Acetylcholinesterase Confers Resistance in Lepidoptera

    • Robin V. Gunning, Graham D. Moores
    Pages 221-238

  12. Glutathione S-Transferases and Insect Resistance to Insecticides

    • Chih-Ning Sun, Shin-Yi Huang, Nien-Tai Hu, Wei-Yuan Chung
    Pages 239-254

  13. Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases and Insecticide Resistance: Lessons from CYP6D1

    • Jeffrey G. Scott
    Pages 255-267

  14. Mechanisms of Organophosphate Resistance in Insects

    • Blair D. Siegfried, Michael E. Scharf
    Pages 269-291

  15. Insect Midgut as a Site for Insecticide Detoxification and Resistance

    • Guy Smagghe, Luc Tirry
    Pages 293-321

  16. Impact of Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms on Management Strategies

    • A. R. Horowitz, I. Denholm
    Pages 323-338

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 339-343
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In recent years many of the conventional methods of insect control by broad­ spectrum synthetic chemicals have come under scrutiny because of their unde­ sirable effects on human health and the environment. In addition, some classes of pesticide chemistry, which generated resistance problems and severely affected the environment, are no longer used. It is against this background that the authors of this book present up-to-date findings-relating to biochemical sites that can serve as targets for developing insecticides with selective prop­ erties, and as the basis for the elucidation of resistance mechanisms and countermeasures. The book consists of eight chapters relating to biochemical targets for insec­ ticide action and seven chapters relating to biochemical modes of resistance and countermeasures. The authors of the chapters are world leaders in pesti­ cide chemistry, biochemical modes of action and mechanisms of resistance. Biochemical sites such as chitin formation, juvenile hormone and ecdysone receptors, acetylcholine and GABA receptors, ion channels, and neuropeptides are potential targets for insecticide action. The progress made in recent years in molecular biology (presented in depth in this volume) has led to the iden­ tification of genes that confer mechanisms of resistance, such as increased detoxification, decreased penetration and insensitive target sites. A combina­ tion of factors can lead to potentiation of the resistance level. Classifications of these mechanisms are termed gene amplification, changes in structural genes, and modification of gene expression.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Entomology Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Isarael

    Isaac Ishaaya

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