TY  - CHAP
AU  - K.M. Tubajika
AU  - G.J. Puterka
AU  - N.C. Toscano
AU  - J. Chen
AU  - E.L. Civerolo
ED  - Farzana Perveen
Y1  - 2012-02-15
PY  - 2012
T1  - Effects of Kaolin Particle Film and Imidacloprid on Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis ) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Populations and the Prevention of Spread of Xylella fastidiosa in Grape
N2  - This book is compiled of 24 Chapters divided into 4 Sections. Section A focuses on toxicity of organic and inorganic insecticides, organophosphorus insecticides, toxicity of fenitrothion and permethrin, and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). Section B is dedicated to vector control using insecticides, biological control of mosquito larvae by Bacillus thuringiensis, metabolism of pyrethroids by mosquito cytochrome P40 susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti, etc. Section C describes bioactive natural products from sapindacea, management of potato pests, flower thrips, mango mealy bug, pear psylla, grapes pests, small fruit production, boll weevil and tsetse fly using insecticides. Section D provides information on insecticide resistance in natural population of malaria vector, role of Anopheles gambiae P450 cytochrome, genetic toxicological profile of carbofuran and pirimicarp carbamic insecticides, etc. The subject matter in this book should attract the reader's concern to support rational decisions regarding the use of pesticides.
BT  - Insecticides
SP  - Ch. 18
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/29069
DO  - 10.5772/29069
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-05-10
ER  -