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• Homology modeling of mosquito cytochrome P450 enzymes involved in pyrethroid metabolism: insights into differences in substrate selectivity

  Authors:Panida Lertkiatmongkol, Ekachai Jenwitheesuk, and Pornpimol RongnoparutFrom:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 6, 20114,181 words Report 1420LBackground Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) have been implicated in insecticide resistance. Anopheles minumus mosquito P450 isoforms CYP6AA3 and CYP6P7 are capable of metabolizing pyrethroid insecticides, however...

• Multiple Insecticide Resistance: An Impediment to Insecticide-Based Malaria Vector Control Program

  Authors:Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Fantahun Wassie, Walter Steurbaut, Pieter Spanoghe, Wim Van Bortel, Leen Denis, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 12, 20116,157 words Article 1520LBackground Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are key components in malaria prevention and control strategy. However, the development of...

• Discovery of Genes Related to Insecticide Resistance in Bactrocera dorsalis by Functional Genomic Analysis of a De Novo Assembled Transcriptome

  Authors:Ju-Chun Hsu, Ting-Ying Chien, Chia-Cheng Hu, Mei-Ju May Chen, Wen-Jer Wu, Hai-Tung Feng, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 7, 20129,490 words Article 1500LInsecticide resistance has recently become a critical concern for control of many insect pest species. Genome sequencing and global quantization of gene expression through analysis of the transcriptome can provide...

• Early Warning of Cotton Bollworm Resistance Associated with Intensive Planting of Bt Cotton in China

  Authors:Haonan Zhang, Wei Yin, Jing Zhao, Lin Jin, Yihua Yang, Shuwen Wu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 9, 20116,266 words Article 1610LTransgenic crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins kill some key insect pests, but evolution of resistance by pests can reduce their efficacy. The predominant strategy for delaying pest resistance to Bt crops...

• De Novo Assembly, Gene Annotation, and Marker Discovery in Stored-Product Pest Liposcelis entomophila (Enderlein) Using Transcriptome Sequences

  Authors:Dan-Dan Wei, Er-Hu Chen, Tian-Bo Ding, Shi-Chun Chen, Wei Dou, and Jin-Jun WangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 14, 20139,539 words Article 1560LBackground As a major stored-product pest insect, Liposcelis entomophila has developed high levels of resistance to various insecticides in grain storage systems. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying...

• Battle in the New World: Helicoverpa armigera versus Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

  Authors:Jose P. F. Bentivenha, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes, Edson L. L. Baldin, Alexandre Specht, Ivana F. da Silva, and Thomas E. HuntFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 1, 20167,767 words Article 1470LThe corn earworm Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) and the old world bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) are allopatric species and occur in important agricultural crops. In maize, both species...

• Synergism and Antagonism between Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3A and Cry1 Proteins in Heliothis virescens, Diatraea saccharalis and Spodoptera frugiperda

  Authors:Ana Rita Nunes Lemes, Camila Chiaradia Davolos, Paula Cristina Brunini Crialesi Legori, Odair Aparecido Fernandes, Juan Ferre, Manoel Victor Franco Lemos, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2, 20145,656 words Article 1440LSecond generation Bt crops (insect resistant crops carrying Bacillus thuringiensis genes) combine more than one gene that codes for insecticidal proteins in the same plant to provide better control of agricultural...

• Transgenic Anopheles gambiae Expressing an Antimalarial Peptide Suffer No Significant Fitness Cost

  Authors:Clare C. McArthur, Janet M. Meredith, and Paul EgglestonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 6, 20148,268 words Article 1470LAuthor(s): Clare C. McArthur, Janet M. Meredith, Paul Eggleston * Introduction Mosquito species are important global vectors of diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, filariasis and encephalitis. Of...

• New alarms about pesticide resistance. (Technology)

  From:The Futurist (Vol. 37, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 2003339 words Brief article A newly discovered gene mutation in fruit flies makes them resistant to a range of commonly available--and chemically unrelated--pesticides. This finding by researchers at the University of Melbourne and at Australia's...

• Behavioral responses of pyrethroid resistant and susceptible Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to insecticide treated bed net.

  Authors:Maxwell G. Machani, Eric Ochomo, Fred Amimo, Wolfgang R. Mukabana, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 7, 20227,734 words Report 1500LBackground Long-lasting insecticidal nets are an effective tool in reducing malaria transmission. However, with increasing insecticide resistance little is known about how physiologically resistant malaria vectors...

• Pirikool® 300 CS, a new long-lasting capsule suspension formulation of the organophosphate insecticide pirimiphos-methyl for indoor residual spraying against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors.

  Authors:Augustin Fongnikin, Abibath Odjo, Joel Akpi, Laurette Kiki, and Corine NguforFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 18, 20226,289 words Report 1440LBackground Indoor residual spraying (IRS) using a capsule suspension formulation of the organophosphate insecticide, pirimiphos-methyl, has provided substantial malaria control in many communities in Africa. However,...

• Phenotypic insecticide resistance in arbovirus mosquito vectors in Catalonia and its capital Barcelona (Spain)

  Authors:Krijn Paaijmans, Marco Brustollin, Carles Aranda, Roger Eritja, Sandra Talavera, Nonito Pages, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 5, 20196,149 words Report 1450LA range of mosquito species that belong to the Culicidae family are responsible for the worldwide transmission of infectious arboviral diseases such as dengue fever, Zika, West Nile fever and Chikungunya fever. Spain is...

• No refuge for insect pests: the sterile insect technique offers an alternative to the refuge strategy for managing resistance to Bt toxins

  Author:Kongming WuFrom:Nature Biotechnology (Vol. 28, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20101,463 words Report 1540LTransgenic cotton and corn expressing insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been cultivated on >200 million ha worldwide over the past 15 years (1), reducing the use of chemical...

• Effect of Insecticide Resistance on Development, Longevity and Reproduction of Field or Laboratory Selected Aedes aegypti Populations

  Authors:Ademir Jesus Martins, Camila Dutra e Mello Ribeiro, Diogo Fernandes Bellinato, Alexandre Afranio Peixoto, Denise Valle, and Jose Bento Pereira LimaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 14, 20126,187 words Article 1380LAuthor(s): Ademir Jesus Martins 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , Camila Dutra e Mello Ribeiro 1 , 2 , Diogo Fernandes Bellinato 1 , 2 , Alexandre Afranio Peixoto 3 , 4 , 5 , Denise Valle 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , * , José Bento Pereira Lima 1 , 2...

• A De Novo Transcriptome and Valid Reference Genes for Quantitative Real-Time PCR in Colaphellus bowringi

  Authors:Qian-Qian Tan, Li Zhu, Yi Li, Wen Liu, Wei-Hua Ma, Chao-Liang Lei, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 18, 20157,016 words Article 1420LBackground The cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi Baly is a serious insect pest of crucifers and undergoes reproductive diapause in soil. An understanding of the molecular mechanisms of diapause regulation,...

• Rapid Experimental Evolution of Pesticide Resistance in C. elegans Entails No Costs and Affects the Mating System

  Authors:Patricia C. Lopes, Elio Sucena, M. Emilia Santos, and Sara MagalhaesFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 3, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 17, 20085,030 words Article 1350LPesticide resistance is a major concern in natural populations and a model trait to study adaptation. Despite the importance of this trait, the dynamics of its evolution and of its ecological consequences remain largely...

• Salivary Gland Proteome Analysis Reveals Modulation of Anopheline Unique Proteins in Insensitive Acetylcholinesterase Resistant Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes

  Authors:Sylvie Cornelie, Marie Rossignol, Martial Seveno, Edith Demettre, Francois Mouchet, Innocent Djegbe, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 7, 20147,141 words Article 1550LInsensitive acetylcholinesterase resistance due to a mutation in the acetylcholinesterase (ace) encoding ace-1 gene confers cross-resistance to organophosphate and carbamate insecticides in Anopheles gambiae populations...

• Monitoring of Insecticide Resistance in Anopheles culicifacies in Twelve Districts of Madhya Pradesh, Central India (2017-2019).

  Authors:Ashok K. Mishra, Praveen K Bharti, Gyan Chand, Aparup Das, Himanshu Jayswar, Manju Rahi, et al.From:Journal of Tropical Medicine (Vol. 2022) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20224,747 words Article 1410LBackground. Indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are malaria vector control measures used in India, but the development of insecticide resistance poses major impediments for effective...

• Insecticide resistance in Australian Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) and development of testing procedures for resistance surveillance.

  Authors:Lisa Bird, Melina Miles, Adam Quade, and Helen SpaffordFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20228,674 words Report 1630LSpodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) is a highly invasive noctuid pest first reported in northern Australia during early 2020. To document current status of resistance in S. frugiperda in Australia, insecticide toxicity...

• Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production.

  Authors:Katharina Najork and Markus KeckFrom:Geographica Helvetica (Vol. 77, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  May 18, 2022208 words Brief article In light of recent pink bollworm (PBW) pest infestations in several cotton-producing states in India, farmers of genetically engineered Bt cotton (Bt for Bacillus thuringiensis) have faced fierce criticism for their...