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Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part I
1st Edition - December 2, 2012
Editor: Ephraim Cohen
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 4 3 8 9 - 7
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 4 6 0 9 - 6
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… Read more
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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.
- Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
- Discusses arachnid physiology and behaviour
- Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines
Insect and other physiologists and neuroscientists; zoologists
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One. Water Homeostasis and Osmoregulation as Targets in the Control of Insect Pests
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Morphological Aspects of Water Balance
- 3 Physiological Aspects of Ion and Water Balance
- 4 Coping with Extreme Environmental Conditions
- 5 Aquaporins and Osmoregulation
- 6 Regulation of Water Homeostasis
- 7 Target Sites for Interference
- 8 Concluding notes
- References
- Chapter Two. Chemical Biology of the Nicotinic Insecticide Receptor
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Nicotinic Insecticides
- 3 Structures of nAChR and Acetylcholine-Binding Protein
- 4 Defining Nicotinic Insecticide Binding Surfaces
- 5 Multiple Binding Conformations Conferring Selective Receptor Interaction
- 6 Resistance in Pests
- 7 Receptor Structure-Guided Insecticide Design
- 8 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Three. Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Spinosyn Targets for Insect Pest Management
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Discovery of nAChRs
- 3 Insect nAChRs
- 4 Discovery of Natural Insecticidal Spinosyns
- 5 Identification of Spinosyn Target
- 6 Spinosyn–Receptor Interaction
- 7 Next-Generation Spinosyn-Based Insecticides
- 8 Resistance to the Spinosyns and Resistance Management
- 9 Conclusion
- References
- Further-reading
- Chapter Four. γ-Aminobutyrate- and Glutamate-gated Chloride Channels as Targets of Insecticides
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 GABA and Glutamate
- 3 GABA Receptors
- 4 Tissue Distributions of Insect GABA Receptors
- 5 Neurophysiology of RDL GABA Receptors
- 6 Receptor Ligands of GABACls and GluCls
- 7 Molecular Basis of Native Insect GABA Receptors
- 8 Inhibitory Glutamate Receptors (GLuCLs)
- 9 Mechanism of NCA Actions
- 10 Target-Site Insensitivity Underlying Resistance to NCA Insecticides
- 11 Summary and Future Perspectives
- References
- Chapter Five. Calcium Channels as Molecular Target Sites of Novel Insecticides
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Calcium Pumps and Transporters
- 3 Calcium Channels
- 4 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 368
- Language: English
- Published: December 2, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123943897
- eBook ISBN: 9780123946096
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Ephraim Cohen
Affiliations and expertise
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel