Both Aedes aegytpi and Ae. albopictus are major vectors of 5 important arboviruses (namely
chikungunya virus, dengue virus, Rift Valley fever virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus) …

Mosquito-borne diseases, the most well known of which is malaria, are among the leading
causes of human deaths worldwide. Vector control is a very important part of the global …

The peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae is a globally distributed crop pest with a host range
of over 400 species including many economically important crop plants. The intensive use of …

The worldwide resurgence of bed bugs [both Cimex lectularius L. and Cimex hemipterus
(F.)] over the past two decades is believed in large part to be due to the development of …

Imagine a statistics book for bioassays written by a statistician. Next, imagine a statistics
book for bioassays written for a layman. Bioassays with Arthropods, Third Edition offers the …

The molecular mechanisms of coevolution between plants and insects remain elusive.
GABA receptors are targets of many neurotoxic terpenoids, which represent the most diverse …

Isoxazolines are a novel class of parasiticides that are potent inhibitors of γ-aminobutyric
acid (GABA)-gated chloride channels (GABACls) and l-glutamate-gated chloride channels …

Adaptation in response to selection on polygenic phenotypes may occur via subtle allele
frequencies shifts at many loci. Current population genomic techniques are not well posed to …

Pesticide resistance development is an example of rapid contemporary evolution that poses
immense challenges for agriculture. It typically evolves due to the strong directional …

Pesticide resistance in arthropods has been shown to evolve by two main mechanisms, the
enhanced production of metabolic enzymes, which bind to and/or detoxify the pesticide, and …