Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part I

The latest volume in this series contains articles on insect growth disruptors. The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the future.

List of contents

1. Water Homeostasis and Osmoregulation as Targets in the Control of Insect Pests
Ephraim Cohen


2. Chemical Biology of the Nicotinic Insecticide Receptor
Motohiro Tomizawa


3. Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Spinosyn Targets for Insect Pest Management
Chaoxian Geng, Gerald B. Watson and Thomas C. Sparks


4. ?-Aminobutyrate- and Glutamate-Gated Chloride Channels as Targets of Insecticides
Yoshihisa Ozoe


5. Calcium Channels as Molecular Target Sites of Novel Insecticides
   
   Peter Lümmen

Product details

• Assisted by: Ephraim Cohen (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.2013
• EAN: 9780123943897
• ISBN: 978-0-12-394389-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 20 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 740 g
• Series: Advances in Insect Physiology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pest Control, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, Insects (entomology), Pest control, Pest control / plant diseases