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 …

With the passage of time and indiscreet usage of insecticides on crops, aphids are
becoming resistant to their effect. The different classes of insecticides, including …

Background Insecticide resistance is one of the best examples of rapid micro-evolution
found in nature. Since the development of the first synthetic insecticide in 1939, humans …

The peach–potato aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) can resist a wide range of insecticides, but
until recently (1990) the only mechanism identified was the increased production of …

This review addresses some of the biological complexities presented by aphid-transmitted
viruses of potato, Solanum tuberosum L., and their vectors and discusses the application of …

The voltage‐gated sodium channel is the primary target site of DDT and pyrethroid
insecticides, and point mutations in the domain II region of the channel protein have been …

Background Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides irreversibly inhibit
acetylcholinesterase causing death of insects. Resistance-modified acetylcholinesterases …

cDNAs encoding two acetylcholinesterases (AChEs) were isolated from the peach potato
aphid, Myzus persicae. MpAChE1 was orthologous and MpAChE2 was paralogous with the …

The peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae, provides an excellent demonstration of how
genetic and ecological factors can interact to determine the dynamics of resistance and …

The aphid Myzus persicae sl (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is an important pest of many crops
worldwide with a complex life cycle, intensely controlled by chemical pesticides, and has …