Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part II

An interdisciplinary review of major target receptors in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, with emphasis on insects

Ephraim Cohen (Volume editor)

9780124170100

Hardback, published 25 April 2014

520 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.1 cm, 1.02 kg

Approx.510 pages

1. ABC Transporters and Their Role in Protecting Insects from Pesticides and Their Metabolites

Hans Merzendorfer

2. Molecular Signaling, Pharmacology, and Physiology of Octopamine and Tyramine Receptors as Potential Insect Pest Control Targets

Hiroto Ohta and Yoshihisa Ozoe

3. Receptors for Neuronal or Endocrine Signaling Molecules as Potential Targets for the Control of Insect Pests

Heleen Verlinden, Rut Vleugels, Sven Zels, Senne Dillen, Cynthia Lenaerts, Katleen Crabbé, Jornt Spit and Jozef Vanden Broeck

4. The Juvenile Hormone Receptor and Molecular Mechanisms of Juvenile Hormone Action

Edward B. Dubrovsky and Travis J. Bernardo

5. Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels as Insecticide Targets

Kristopher S. Silver, Yuzhe Du, Yoshiko Nomura, Eugenio E. Oliveira, Vincent L. Salgado, Boris S. Zhorov and Ke Dong

6. Insect Acetylcholinesterase as a Target for Effective and Environmentally-Safe Insecticides Yuan-Ping Pang

Subject Areas: Pest control [TVP], Insects [entomology PSVT7]