Plant disease control requires novel approaches to mitigate the spread of and losses
caused by current, emerging, and re-emerging diseases and to adapt plant protection to …

Spiders have been evolving complex and diverse repertoires of peptides in their venoms
with vast pharmacological activities for more than 300 million years. Spiders use their …

Spider venoms are complex chemical arsenals that contain a rich variety of insecticidal
toxins. However, the major toxin class in many spider venoms is disulfide‐rich peptides …

Greater levels of insect resistance and constraints on the use of current pesticides have
recently led to increased crop losses in agricultural production. Further, the health and …

Abstract BACKGROUND Spear®‐T sold as a contact foliar spray for the control of
glasshouse pests such as aphids, thrips, spider mites and whiteflies, contains the …

The insecticidal effects of ω‐hexatoxin‐Hv1a, κ‐hexatoxin‐Hv1c and ω/κ‐hexatoxin‐Hv1h
are currently attributed to action at calcium and potassium channels. By characterizing the …

Ant venoms contain many small, linear peptides, an untapped source of bioactive peptide
toxins. The control of agricultural insect pests currently depends primarily on chemical …

Accidents caused by the bites of brown spiders (Loxosceles) generate a clinical condition
that often includes a threatening necrotic skin lesion near the bite site along with a …

Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) are small peptides defined by their ability to deliver
molecular cargo into cells. While the subject of frequent investigation for pharmaceutical …

Background ω‐hexatoxin‐Hvn1b is an insecticidal toxin produced by the Tasmanian funnel‐
web spider (Hadronyche venenata), that can be exploited for development of novel …