The sweet potato (cotton) whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a major agricultural pest in various fields
and vegetable crops worldwide. It causes extensive damage by direct feeding on plants …

Neonicotinoid insecticides are successfully applied to control pests in a variety of
agricultural crops; however, they may not only affect pest insects but also non-target …

▪ Abstract Agrochemical research over the last two decades has resulted in the discovery of
chemically novel insecticides that mimic the action of the two insect growth and …

Abstract Pyriproxyfen (2-[1-methyl-2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy) ethoxy] pyridine)(PPF), a pyridine-
based pesticide widely used to control agricultural insect pests and mosquitoes in drinking …

Historically, Bemisia tabaci has been difficult to control with conventional insecticides in
agronomic and horticultural production systems. In the past 10 years, new insecticide …

Resistance monitoring for Bemisia tabaci field populations to the juvenile hormone mimic,
pyriproxyfen, was conducted from 1996 to 2003 in commercial cotton fields in two areas of …

Professor Albert S. Perry passed away suddenly on February 18, 1992, leaving behind his
grieving family, friends and colleagues. It was his aspiration to produce a comprehensive …

Constraints to the sustainability of insecticide use include effects on human health,
agroecosystems (eg, beneficial insects), the wider environment (eg, non-target species …

Juvenile hormones (JHs) play a major role in controlling development and reproduction in
insects and other arthropods. Synthetic JH-mimicking compounds such as methoprene are …

The photocatalyst-free electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complex photochemistry was
deemed to expand the potential of photodriven radical chemistry. Here, we report a cross …