The aim of this book is to educate the readers regarding theories and applications in the field of insecticides. This book has been compiled with the purpose of providing benefit to researchers, food-producing factories, government, leaders and consumers also. If the book proves to be satisfactory to these readers, then we will consider that the ambition with which this book and its content were written, has been fulfilled.

This book provides substantial information regarding insecticides and their applications in the field of pest engineering. The first section on insecticides mode of action focuses on toxicity of organic and inorganic insecticides, organophosphorus insecticides, toxicity of fenitrothion and permethrin, and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). The second section is dedicated to vector control using insecticides, biological control of mosquito larvae by Bacillus thuringiensis, metabolism of pyrethroids by mosquito cytochrome P40 susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti, etc. The book will...

This book provides comprehensive information regarding insecticides and their applications in the field of pest management. The first section on pest management describes bioactive natural products from sapindacea, management of potato pests, flower thrips, mango mealy bug, pear psylla, grapes pests, small fruit production, boll weevil and tsetse fly using insecticides. Second section on toxicological profile of insecticides provides information on insecticide resistance in natural population of malaria vector, role of Anopheles gambiae P450 cytochrome, genetic toxicological profile of...

This book talks about the effect, ecological fate, course of motion, efficiency and non-targeted impacts of insecticides. The book describes the unified schemes for pest control, and also the necessity of insecticides to cease the growth of insect pests. It also includes comprehension of more natural and eco-friendly options to insecticides, like metabolic stress and plant extracts.