Table Of ContentAdvanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests
Isaac Ishaaya • Subba Reddy Palli
A. Rami Horowitz
Editors
Advanced Technologies
for Managing Insect Pests
Editors
Isaac Ishaaya Subba Reddy Palli
Department of Entomology Department of Entomology
The Volcani Center College of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Organization University of Kentucky
Bet Dagan, Israel Lexington, KY, USA
A. Rami Horowitz
Department of Entomology
Gilat Research Center
Agricultural Research Organization
Gilat, Israel
ISBN 978-94-007-4496-7 ISBN 978-94-007-4497-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4497-4
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P reface
D iverse methods to combat insect pests have been contrived throughout modern
history: inorganic, botanical and natural pesticides have been mostly exploited
during the nineteenth century, and in the twentieth century, signifi c ant progress in
the synthesis of new chemicals has resulted in a discovery of structures exhibiting
insecticidal activity.
B road-spectrum conventional insecticides, such as organochlorines, organophos-
phates, carbamates and pyrethroids were developed and used for controlling insect
pests over the past fi v e decades, resulting in reduced losses in agricultural yield.
However, many of the conventional methods using broad-spectrum insecticides and
others have come under scrutiny because of their undesirable effects on man and the
environment. In addition, resistance problems reaching crisis proportion have led
to stricter regulations and minimize their use in various agricultural systems. The
concept of “Integrated Control” based on economic thresholds and injury levels has
been implemented within an ecological framework, where chemical and biological
controls could thrive together to form the basis for the modern Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) concept.
T he use of alternatives based on IPM along with novel approaches for developing
novel insecticides acting selectively on a specifi c site in an insect group and compa-
tible with natural enemies and the environment is one of the important challenges of
our current book. One of such approaches is based on disrupting the activity of
biochemical sites acting on transcription factors such as the basic Helix-Loop-Helix
family, anti-juvenile hormone agents that target juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthetic
enzymes, G protein coupled receptors (GPCR) and bursicon as targets for insect
control. Another approach is the use of biotechnology or the genetic such as gene
silencing (RNA-interference) and Bt-crops. Other sections of the book were devoted
to the plant’s natural products, optical manipulation and the use of nanotechnology
for improving insect control methods.
T he authors of the various chapters have a wealth of experience and are considered
world leaders specializing in novel approaches of insect pest control.
T he editors and authors of the various chapters are indebted to the reviewers of the
various chapters for valuable suggestions and criticism: Darren Anderson (Canada),
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vi Preface
Yves Carriere (USA), H. Czosnek (Israel), Daniel Doucet (Canada), Alberto Fereres
(Spain), Murad Ghanim (Israel), Lawrence I. Gilbert (USA), S. Muthukrishnan
(USA), Yoshiaki Nakagawa (Japan), Joshua Ogendo (Kenya), Arthur Retnakaran
(Canada), Alvaro Romero (USA), David A. Schooley (USA), Gilles-Eric Seralini
(France), Les Shipp (Canada), David Stanley (USA), Stephen S. Tobe (Canada),
Phyllis Weintraub (Israel), R. R. Youngman (USA), and Zhaolin Zhang (USA).
C ontents
1 Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests:
An Overview ............................................................................................ 1
A. Rami Horowitz and Isaac Ishaaya
2 bHLH Transcription Factors: Potential Target
Sites for Insecticide Development .......................................................... 13
Kavita Bitra and Subba Reddy Palli
3 Juvenile Hormone Biosynthetic Enzymes as Targets
for Insecticide Discovery......................................................................... 31
Michel Cusson, Stephanie E. Sen, and Tetsuro Shinoda
4 G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Target Sites
for Insecticide Discovery......................................................................... 57
Hua Bai and Subba Reddy Palli
5 Bursicon as a Potential Target for Insect Control ................................ 83
Shengzhang Dong and Qisheng Song
6 Cell-Based Screening Systems for Insecticides ..................................... 107
Guy Smagghe and Luc Swevers
7 Advanced Screening to Identify Novel Pesticides ................................ 135
Yoshiaki Nakagawa and Toshiyuki Harada
8 Arthropod Genomics and Pest Management Targeting GPCRs ........ 165
Cornelis J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen and Frank Hauser
9 RNA Interference and Its Potential for Developing
New Control Methods Against Insect Pests .......................................... 179
Murad Ghanim and Adi Kliot
10 Comparative Aspects of Cry Toxin Usage in Insect Control .............. 195
András Székács and Béla Darvas
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11 Plant Natural Products for Pest Management:
The Magic of Mixtures ........................................................................... 231
Yasmin Akhtar and Murray B. Isman
12 Optical Manipulations: An Advance Approach
for Reducing Sucking Insect Pests ......................................................... 249
David Ben-Yakir, Yehezkel Antignus, Yossi Offir,
and Yosepha Shahak
13 Recent Progress in Bed Bug Management ............................................ 269
Kenneth F. Haynes and Michael F. Potter
14 Advanced Methods for Controlling Insect Pests in Dry Food ............ 279
Moshe Kostyukovsky and Eli Shaaya
15 Nanotechnology: An Advanced Approach
to the Development of Potent Insecticides ............................................ 295
Katrin Margulis-Goshen and Shlomo Magdassi
Index ................................................................................................................. 315
C ontributors
Y asmin A khtar F aculty of Land and Food Systems, U niversity of British Columbia,
V ancouver, B C, C anada
Y ehezkel A ntignus I nstitute of Plant Protection, A gricultural Research Organization,
The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
H ua B ai E EB, B rown University, P rovidence, R I, U SA
D avid B en-Yakir I nstitute of Plant Protection, A gricultural Research Organization,
The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
K avita B itra D epartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture, U niversity
of Kentucky, L exington, K Y, U SA
M ichel C usson N atural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, L aurentian
Forestry Centre, Q uebec City, Q C, C anada
B éla D arvas D epartment of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analysis, Plant
Protection Institute, H ungarian Academy of Sciences, B udapest, H ungary
D ivision of Agro-Environmental Safety, C entral Food Science Research Institute,
B udapest, H ungary
S hengzhang D ong D ivision of Plant Sciences-Entomology, U niversity of Missouri,
C olumbia, M O, U SA
M urad G hanim D epartment of Entomology, I nstitute of Plant Protection,
Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
C ornelis J .P . G rimmelikhuijzen C enter for Functional and Comparative Insect
Genomics, Cell and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, U niversity of Copenhagen,
C openhagen, D enmark
T oshiyuki H arada H ealth and Crop Sciences Research Laboratory, Sumitomo
Chemical Company, T okyo, J apan
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x Contributors
F rank H auser C entre for Functional and Comparative Insect Genomics, Cell and
Neurobiology, Department of Biology, U niversity of Copenhagen, C openhagen,
D enmark
K enneth F . H aynes D epartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture, U niversity
of Kentucky, L exington, K Y, U SA
A . R ami H orowitz D epartment of Entomology, A gricultural Research Organization,
Gilat Research Center, M P Negev, I srael
I saac I shaaya D epartment of Entomology, A gricultural Research organization,
The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
M urray B . I sman F aculty of Land and Food Systems, U niversity of British
Columbia, V ancouver, B C, C anada
A di K liot D epartment of Entomology, I nstitute of Plant Protection, Agricultural
Research Organization, The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
M oshe K ostyukovsky D epartment of Food Quality and Safety, A gricultural
Research Organization, The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
S hlomo M agdassi C asali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Center for
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, T he Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, J erusalem, I srael
Katrin Margulis-Goshen Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, Institute of
Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Israel
Y oshiaki N akagawa D ivision of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of
Agriculture, K yoto University, K yoto, J apan
Y ossi O ffi r P olysack Plastic Industries, N ir Yithak-Sufa, I srael
S ubba R eddy P alli D epartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture, U niversity
of Kentucky, L exington, K Y, U SA
M ichael F . P otter D epartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture, U niversity
of Kentucky, L exington, K Y, U SA
S tephanie E . S en D epartment of Chemistry, T he College of New Jersey, E wing,
N J, U SA
E li S haaya D epartment of Food Quality and Safety, A gricultural Research
Organization, The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
Y osepha S hahak I nstitute of Plant Sciences, A gricultural Research Organization,
The Volcani Center, B et Dagan, I srael
T etsuro S hinoda D ivision of Insect Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological
Sciences, T sukuba, Ibaraki, J apan
