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Golden age of insecticide research: past, present, or future?
John E. Casida,Gary B. Quistad +1 more
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Insecticide research, having passed through several Golden Ages, is now in a renaissance of integrating chemicals and biologicals for sustainable pest control with human safety.Abstract:
Insecticide research led to the first "complete" victories in combatting pests almost 50 years ago with the chlorinated hydrocarbons followed quickly by the organophosphates, methylcarbamates, and pyrethroids--all neuroactive chemicals. This Golden Age of Discovery was the source of most of our current insecticides. The challenge then became health and the environment, a Golden Age met with selective and degradable compounds. Next the focus shifted to resistance, novel biochemical targets, and new chemical approaches for pest control. The current Golden Age of Genetic Engineering has curtailed, but is unlikely to eliminate, chemical use on major crops. Insecticide research, having passed through several Golden Ages, is now in a renaissance of integrating chemicals and biologicals for sustainable pest control with human safety.read more
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Insecticide pyrethroids in liver of striped dolphin from the Mediterranean Sea.
Òscar Aznar-Alemany,Joan Giménez,Renaud de Stephanis,Ethel Eljarrat,Damià Barceló,Damià Barceló +5 more
TL;DR: The occurrence and bioaccumulation of pyrethroids in marine mammal tissues from the northern hemisphere had never been determined before, as pyrethroid concentrations were not correlated to the maturity stage of the specimens.
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Spider toxins and their potential for insect control
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Efficacité comparée de quelques espèces de poissons à l'égard de divers stades de Culex pipiens L. dans des conditions de laboratoire
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Acetylcholinesterases of the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis: identification of two distinct genes and biochemical characterization of recombinant and in vivo enzyme activities
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The vibrational properties of the bee-killer imidacloprid insecticide: A molecular description.
Antônio A. G. Moreira,Pedro de Lima-Neto,Ewerton W. S. Caetano,Ito L. Barroso-Neto,Valder N. Freire +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, state-of-the-art quantum level simulations were used to predict the infrared and Raman spectra of the most stable conformer of imidacloprid.
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Safer and more effective insecticides for the future
John E. Casida,Gary B. Quistad +1 more
TL;DR: The use of synthetic organic insecticides has served for the past half century as the principal means to control insect-borne diseases and minimize losses in food and fibre production from pest insect attack as mentioned in this paper.
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