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Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part I
1st Edition - December 2, 2012
Editor: Ephraim Cohen
Hardback ISBN:9780123943897
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eBook ISBN:9780123946096
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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… 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