Insecticide Resistance and Toxicology: Challenges in Pest Management and Basic Research—2nd Edition
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editor
Interests: insecticide resistance; insecticide toxicology; cytochrome P450s; target site insensitivity; insect growth regulator; novel insecticides targets
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insecticide resistance is a serious problem affecting the efficacy and utility of compounds. It is exhausting our agricultural arsenal against pests. Scientists are engaged in investigating the mechanisms by which insects develop resistance to insecticides, such as target protein resistance, metabolic resistance, cuticular resistance and increased transporter activity, which leads to the excretion of insecticide from the pest.
Considering the success of the earlier Special Issue, we are pleased to launch a second Special Issue on the same topic, welcoming laboratory and field studies on insecticides toxicology; discovery of novel molecular targets of insecticides; comparative toxicology of insecticides; mechanism of resistance of agricultural, forestry and health pests to chemical and biological insecticides; and monitoring and control technology for pest resistance. Both original research articles and reviews will be considered for publication.
Dr. Shun-fan Wu
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- insecticide resistance
- insecticide toxicology
- cytochrome P450s
- target site insensitivity
- insect growth regulator
- mode of action
