Insecticides Acting as Ecdysone Agonists or Blocking Molting Hormone Activity

12 Insecticides Acting as Ecdysone Agonists, or Blocking Molting Hormone Activity 

Diacylhydrazine insecticides (tebufenozide, methoxyfenozide, halofenozide, and chroma-fenozide) act as nonsteroidal ecdysone agonists. They bind to specific ecdysteroid receptorbinding proteins, interrupting the normal sequence of events. Consequently, they induce an incomplete precocious molt, resulting in the mortality of the larva. 

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