Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests

Preface.- 1. Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests: an Overview.- 2. bHLH Transcription Factors: Potential Target Sites for Insecticide Development.- 3. Juvenile Hormone Biosynthetic Enzymes as Targets for Insecticide Discovery.- 4. G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Target Sites for Insecticide Discovery.- 5. Bursicon as a Potential Target for Insect Control.- 6. Cell-based Screening Systems for Insecticides.- 7. Advanced Screening to Identify Novel Pesticides.- 8. Arthropod Genomics and Pest Management Targeting GPCRs.- 9. RNA Interference and its Potential for Developing New Control Methods against Insect Pests.- 10. Comparative Aspects of Cry Toxic Usages in Insect Control.- 11. Plant Natural Products for Pest Management: the Magic of Mixture.- 12. Optical Manipulations: An Advance Approach for Reducing Sucking Insect Pests.- 13. Recent Progress in Bed Bug Management.- 14. Advanced Methods for Controlling Insect Pests in Dry Food.- 15. Nanotechnology: an Advanced Approach to the Development of Potent Insecticide.- Index.