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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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Efficacy of Calneem derived from Ghanaian neem seeds and seed oils from two locations in Cameroon against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on maize
Elias Nchiwan Nukenine,Clergé Tchiegang,Adela Andrine Tagne Mekouo,Katamssadan Haman Tofel,Charles Adarkwah,Daniel Obeng-Ofori,Cornel Adler +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggested that neem seed oils from different localities of northern Cameroon, irrespective of the method of extraction, were effective for the protection of stored maize against S. zeamais.
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Insects and Humans
TL;DR: This final chapter shall focus on those insects that humans describe, in their economically minded way, as beneficial or harmful, though it should be appreciated from the outset that these constitute only a very small fraction of the total number of species.
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Residues and risk assessment of bifenthrin and chlorfenapyr in eggplant and soil under open ecosystem conditions
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Bifenthrin reduces pregnancy potential via induction of oxidative stress in porcine trophectoderm and uterine luminal epithelial cells
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Laboratory evaluation of dimilin on growth and glutathione activity in mosquitofish, a non-target species.
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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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