Evolution of Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms in Insect Pests
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 8253
Special Issue Editors
Interests: toxicology; insect-plant interaction; xenobiotic metabolism
Interests: insect-plant interaction; chemical ecology; detoxification; genomics; pest management
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Dear Colleagues,
Global food security, agricultural productivity as well as control of disease vectors rely upon the use of effective insecticides. However, the phenomenon of the evolution of resistance to insecticides in insect pests is being increasingly recognized as a major problem, leading to increased use of insecticides with deleterious consequences to the environment. While most insecticides are novel synthetic compounds, the target insect pests are quickly able to evolve resistance within a short time of the introduction of the new chemicals. Hence, the evolution of insecticide resistance exemplifies a case of rapid evolution under strong selective pressure. Fundamental questions on the origin and evolution of insecticide resistance mechanisms continue to pose challenges to developing sustainable insecticides. This Special Issue will be a compendium of state-of-the-art research as well as review articles focused on addressing the mechanisms underlying the evolution of resistance to specific classes of insecticides in diverse insect pest species.
Dr. Natraj Krishnan
Dr. Seung-Joon Ahn
Dr. Jeffrey W. Harris
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- insecticide resistance
- xenobiotic detoxification
- evolution
- de novo mutation
- metabolic detoxification
- pleiotropic co-option