Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part I, Volume 44

• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter One. Water Homeostasis and Osmoregulation as Targets in the Control of Insect Pests
• List of abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Morphological Aspects of Water Balance
• 3 Physiological Aspects of Ion and Water Balance
• 4 Coping with Extreme Environmental Conditions
• 5 Aquaporins and Osmoregulation
• 6 Regulation of Water Homeostasis
• 7 Target Sites for Interference
• 8 Concluding notes
• References
• Chapter Two. Chemical Biology of the Nicotinic Insecticide Receptor
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Nicotinic Insecticides
• 3 Structures of nAChR and Acetylcholine-Binding Protein
• 4 Defining Nicotinic Insecticide Binding Surfaces
• 5 Multiple Binding Conformations Conferring Selective Receptor Interaction
• 6 Resistance in Pests
• 7 Receptor Structure-Guided Insecticide Design
• 8 Conclusions
• References
• Chapter Three. Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Spinosyn Targets for Insect Pest Management
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Discovery of nAChRs
• 3 Insect nAChRs
• 4 Discovery of Natural Insecticidal Spinosyns
• 5 Identification of Spinosyn Target
• 6 Spinosyn–Receptor Interaction
• 7 Next-Generation Spinosyn-Based Insecticides
• 8 Resistance to the Spinosyns and Resistance Management
• 9 Conclusion
• References
• Further-reading
• Chapter Four. γ-Aminobutyrate- and Glutamate-gated Chloride Channels as Targets of Insecticides
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 GABA and Glutamate
• 3 GABA Receptors
• 4 Tissue Distributions of Insect GABA Receptors
• 5 Neurophysiology of RDL GABA Receptors
• 6 Receptor Ligands of GABACls and GluCls
• 7 Molecular Basis of Native Insect GABA Receptors
• 8 Inhibitory Glutamate Receptors (GLuCLs)
• 9 Mechanism of NCA Actions
• 10 Target-Site Insensitivity Underlying Resistance to NCA Insecticides
• 11 Summary and Future Perspectives
• References
• Chapter Five. Calcium Channels as Molecular Target Sites of Novel Insecticides
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calcium Pumps and Transporters
• 3 Calcium Channels
• 4 Concluding Remarks
• References
• Index

The latest volume in this series contains articles on insect growth disruptors. The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the future.

• Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
• Discusses arachnid physiology and behaviour
• Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines

Insect and other physiologists and neuroscientists; zoologists