Thiamethoxam is a neonicotinoid precursor converted to clothianidin in insects and plants

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-69

  Nauen, Ralf ^a   Ebbinghaus Kintscher, Ulrich ^a   Salgado, Vincent L ^a   Kaussmann, Martin ^a  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clothianidin; Cockroach; Cotton; Imidacloprid; Metabolism; nAChR; Neonicotinoid insecticide; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Spodoptera frugiperda; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; BLATTARIA; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0041311188     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-3575(03)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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