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Insecticides Affecting Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

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Biochemical Sites of Insecticide Action and Resistance

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In this chapter the term insecticides is used in its broadest sense and refers to any category of chemical compounds (from low molecular weight organics to globular polypeptides) of either synthetic or natural origin which is processed/designed by either chemical or genetic manipulations to provide a device for large-scale insect control.

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