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The special feature of this book is the focus on the use of nanotechnology, genetic engineering techniques, and the exploration of natural products for the development of new insecticides
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In the past, insecticide development has been guided mostly by chemo-rational and bio-rational design based on understanding of the physiology and ecology of insects and crops. A limitation in each new class of compounds is the evolution of resistance in populations of key pests, which ultimately leads to control failures. This phenomenon and the desire to produce more selective and biorational compounds serve as the driving force to develop advanced technologies for insecticide design. Among the highlights of this book are the use of nanotechnology to increase potency of available insecticides, the use of genetic engineering techniques for controlling insect pests, the development of novel insecticides that bind to unique biochemical receptors, the exploration of natural products as a source for environmentally acceptable insecticides, and the use of insect genomics and cell lines for determining biological and biochemical modes of action of new insecticides.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Israel
Isaac Ishaaya
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Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, Gilat Research Center, Israel
A. Rami Horowitz
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Bayer CropScience AG, Research Insecticides Biology, Germany
Ralf Nauen
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Insecticides Design Using Advanced Technologies
Editors: Isaac Ishaaya, A. Rami Horowitz, Ralf Nauen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46907-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-46904-9Published: 04 January 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07989-4Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-46907-0Published: 15 February 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 314
Topics: Agriculture, Biochemistry, general, Nanotechnology, Environmental Management, Genetic Engineering, Animal Physiology