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Insecticides

Known as: insecticide 
Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or… (More)

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2016
Review
2016
Current knowledge and perspectives of Paenibacillus: a review
Isolated from a wide range of sources, the genus Paenibacillus comprises bacterial species relevant to humans, animals, plants… (More)
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2016
Review
2016
Insecticide Resistance in African Anopheles Mosquitoes: A Worsening Situation that Needs Urgent Action to Maintain Malaria Control.
Malaria control is reliant on insecticides to control the mosquito vector. As efforts to control the disease have intensified, so… (More)
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2015
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2015
The impact of secondary pests on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops.
The intensification of agriculture and the development of synthetic insecticides enabled worldwide grain production to more than… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
How to Make Evolution-Proof Insecticides for Malaria Control
Insecticides are one of the cheapest, most effective, and best proven methods of controlling malaria, but mosquitoes can rapidly… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Multiple insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus from Benin, West Africa.
Because free-insecticide treated net distribution is planned in Benin (West Africa) during the next few years, we investigated… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Reduced Efficacy of Insecticide-treated Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying for Malaria Control in Pyrethroid Resistance Area, Benin
The pyrethroid knockdown resistance gene (kdr) has become widespread in Anopheles gambiae in West Africa. A trial to test the… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
The role of agricultural use of insecticides in resistance to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso.
Agricultural use of insecticides is involved in the selection of resistance to these compounds in field populations of mosquitoes… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Evolution of supergene families associated with insecticide resistance.
The emergence of insecticide resistance in the mosquito poses a serious threat to the efficacy of many malaria control programs… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
A single p450 allele associated with insecticide resistance in Drosophila.
Insecticide resistance is one of the most widespread genetic changes caused by human activity, but we still understand little… (More)
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
Toxicology of Insecticides
s, p. 173. Uchida, M., T. Fujita, N. Kurihara, and M. Nakajima (1978). In Pesticide Venom Neurotoxicity. D. L. Shankland, R. M… (More)
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