Understanding the diversity of insect responses to chemical pressures (eg plant
allelochemicals and pesticides) in their local ecological context represents a key challenge …

Insects have evolved a powerful detoxification system to protect themselves against
environmental and anthropogenic xenobiotics including pesticides and nanoparticles. The …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the insect CYP genes and P450 enzymes.
Cytochrome P450, or CYP genes, constitutes one of the largest family of genes, with …

Background The honeybee, Apis mellifera, is undergoing a worldwide decline whose origin
is still in debate. Studies performed for twenty years suggest that this decline may involve …

The effect of exposure of Aedes aegypti larvae to sub-lethal doses of the pyrethroid
insecticide permethrin, the organophosphate temephos, the herbicide atrazine, the …

In the last decade there have been marked reductions in malaria incidence in sub-Saharan
Africa. Sustaining these reductions will rely upon insecticides to control the mosquito malaria …

The gut is a first point of contact with ingested xenobiotics, where chemicals are metabolized
directly by the host or microbiota. Atrazine is a widely used pesticide, but the role of the …

In Québec, as observed globally, abnormally high honey bee mortality rates have been
reported recently. Several potential contributing factors have been identified, and exposure …

Cytochrome P450s form a large and diverse family of heme-containing proteins capable of
carrying out many different enzymatic reactions. In both mammals and plants, some P450s …

High level resistance for a variety of insecticides has emerged in Bemisia tabaci, a globally
notorious insect. Neonicotinoid insecticides have been applied widely to control B. tabaci …