Michael Elliott's billion dollar crystals and other discoveries in insecticide chemistry

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1163-1170

  Casida, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cypermethrin; Deltamethrin; Permethrin; Pyrethroids; Resistance; Resmethrin; Selective toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; DITHIANE; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID; QUINOLIZINE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; CRYSTALLIZATION; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; RESEARCH WORK; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; PYRETHRUM; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIIFOLIUM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; PYRETHRINS; QUINOLIZINES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77958483638     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1982     Document Type: Review

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