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Biorational Control of Arthropod Pests, 2009
Application and Resistance Management
Coordinators: Ishaaya Isaac, Horowitz A. Rami
Language: EnglishSubjects for Biorational Control of Arthropod Pests:
408 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
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Our book based on environmentally friendly approaches for controlling arthropod pests along with resistance management programs such as:
Neuropeptide agonists and antagonists as rational pest control agents
Tyramine and octopamine receptors as a source for rational insecticides
Ecdysone and juvenile hormone analogues as a source for selective insecticides
Genetically modified insects as a tool for rational control
Behavioural approaches for controlling insect pests such as genetically modified insects, symbiosis and male/female call disturbance
Natural products as a source for rational insecticides
Transgenic approaches aiming at developing crops resistant to insect pests
Resistance management programs aiming at lessening resistance development to novel insecticides