Triflumezopyrim, a mesoionic insecticide targeting nAChRs, effectively controls resistant hemipteran pests like planthoppers but raises concerns over non-target toxicity, especially to honeybees. In this study, we identified compound Q1, a pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4-dione derivative, which exhibits slightly superior...
Qing Li, Luo-Man Zhang, Hui-Hui Wu et al.· Journal of Agricultural and...· 0 citations
Background: The bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus, is a destructive agricultural pest with increasing resistance to pyrethroid insecticides. Most mechanistic studies emphasize mutations in the pore-forming voltage-gated sodium channels α-subunit, whereas the contribution of insect-specific sodium-channel auxi...