Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Targets for commercially important insecticides

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-66

  Millar, Neil S ^a   Denholm, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insecticides; Neonicotinoids; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Resistance; Spinosad

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SPINOSAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PROTECTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HERBIVORE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA SPINOSA; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 33847364853     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10158-006-0040-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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