Molecular Mechanisms of Insecticide Resistance
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1392
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are still heavily dependent on the use of pesticides to control insect pests. However, insects surviving exposure to these insecticides is a severe issue, threatening to undermine, for example, our efforts to control vector-borne diseases and protect crops. Knowing how insecticide resistance arises can help us detect and monitor resistance and inform the development of improved/novel tools for preventing pests already resistant to currently used insecticides. This Special Issue aims to provide and bring together up-to-date knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying insecticide resistance, broadly categorized into behavioural, metabolic, physical, and target-site.
Dr. Andrew K. Jones
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- insecticide resistance
- metabolic resistance
- behavioural resistance
- target-site resistance
- physical resistance
- molecular mechanism
- insect pest