Insect pests cause significant agricultural and economic losses to crops worldwide due to
their destructive activities. Pesticides are designed to be poisonous and are intentionally …

Pesticides are essential for removing plant pests and sustaining good yields on agricultural
land. Excessive use has detrimental repercussions, such as the depletion of soil fertility and …

The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, is an economically important pest on rice in
Asia. Chemical control is still the most efficient primary way for rice planthopper control …

Gene duplication is a major source of genetic variation that has been shown to underpin the
evolution of a wide range of adaptive traits [1, 2]. For example, duplication or amplification of …

This chapter describes the diversity of the Auchenorrhyncha, for which the authors apply the
common name" true hoppers" as shorthand for leafhoppers, planthoppers, treehoppers …

To guarantee sustainability and progress, the agrochemical industry is faced with several
major challenges. Currently, loss of active ingredients due to consumer perception …

The brown planthopper is a serious rice pest in China. Chemical insecticides have been
considered a satisfactory means of controlling the brown planthopper. In the present study …

Target insensitivity contributing to imidacloprid resistance in Nilaparvata lugens has been
reported to occur either through point mutations or quantitative change in nicotinic …

The brown planthopper is a notorious rice pest in many areas of Asia. The evolution of
insecticide resistance in Nilaparvata lugens has become a serious problem in the effective …

Triflumezopyrim, a newly commercialized molecule from DuPont Crop Protection, belongs to
the novel class of mesoionic insecticides. This study characterizes the biochemical and …