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Insecticide Resistance: Molecular Insight

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Molecular Approaches for Sustainable Insect Pest Management

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Insecticide resistance is one of the major worldwide challenges in insect pest management. Conventional to molecular approaches have been used in identifying insecticide resistance aspects, i.e. behavioural, ecological, physiological and molecular. The molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance detection are mainly determined by three factors, i.e. gene amplification, upregulation and structural changes in genes. Genome sequencing, DNA barcoding, genome editing, transcriptional control and epigenetic studies have helped in making tremendous progress in insecticide resistance research. The new era of molecular studies has opened more reliable, precise and appropriate options for insecticide resistance recognition and timely management of insect pests.

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Gaur, N., Joshi, R. (2021). Insecticide Resistance: Molecular Insight. In: Omkar (eds) Molecular Approaches for Sustainable Insect Pest Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3591-5_2

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