Advances in the biorational control of medical and veterinary pests - Norris, Edmund (Edmund J.); Coats, Joel R. 1948-; Gross, Aaron (Aaron D.); Clark, John Marshall 1949- (Washington, DC American Chemical Society, 2018)
Introduction : putting the rational into biorational -- Overcoming insecticide resistance : proactive detection and management of insecticide-resistant human lice -- Current evidence, new insights, challenges and future outlooks to the use of spatial repellents for public health -- The potential of green chemistry in vector control -- Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) : a novel vector management tool -- Molecular and nano-scale approaches to biorational control of mosquito vectors -- Getting them where they live : semiochemical-based strategies to address major gaps in vector control programs : Vectrax, SPLAT BAC, Trojan Cow, and SPLAT TK -- G-protein-coupled receptors : their expression, function and regulation in insecticide resistance -- Characterizing molecular targets and pest biology for the development of new technologies -- Insecticidal activity and physiological actions of matrine, a plant natural product -- Development and evaluation of push-pull control strategies against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) -- Monoterpenoid isovalerate esters as long-lasting spatial mosquito repellents -- Plant terpenoids modulate adrenergic type 1 octopamine receptor (PaOA1) isolated from the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) -- Potential for utilization of spatial repellents in mosquito control interventions -- Determination and comparison of the cuticular thickness across several insecticide resistant and susceptible populations of the Common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Vector control -- Biological control; Biological pest control agents; Electronic books