Insect cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) perform a variety of important
physiological functions, but it is their role in the detoxification of xenobiotics, such as natural …

Background The landscape of mosquito-borne disease risk has changed dramatically in
recent decades, due to the emergence and reemergence of urban transmission cycles …

The sustainability of malaria control in Africa is threatened by the rise of insecticide
resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit the disease 1. To gain a deeper …

INTRODUCTION Control of mosquito vectors has historically proven to be an effective
means of eliminating malaria. Human malaria is transmitted only by mosquitoes in the genus …

Pyrethroid-impregnated bed nets have driven considerable reductions in malaria-associated
morbidity and mortality in Africa since the beginning of the century. The intense selection …

Long lasting pyrethroid treated bednets are the most important tool for preventing malaria.
Pyrethroid resistant Anopheline mosquitoes are now ubiquitous in Africa, though the public …

Synthetic pesticides are extensively and injudiciously applied to control agriculture and
household pests worldwide. Due to their high use, their toxic residues have enormously …

The recent accumulation of molecular studies on mutations in insects, ticks and mites
conferring resistance to insecticides, acaricides and biopesticides is reviewed. Resistance is …

The increased urbanization of a growing global population makes imperative the
development of sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for urban pest …

Domesticated plants have long served as excellent models for studying evolution. Many
genes and mutations underlying important domestication traits have been identified, and …