Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ishaaya, Isaac (Editor), Palli, Subba Reddy (Editor), Horowitz, A. Rami (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Medical genetics.; Agriculture.; Proteins.; Animal genetics.; Entomology.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Life Sciences.; Protein-Ligand Interactions.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Gene Function.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.

Among the highlights of this book is the use of novel insecticides acting on a specific site in an insect group and are compatible with natural enemies and the environment. One of such approaches is based on disrupting the activity of biochemical sites acting on transcription factors such as the bas...