Insecticides mode of action

Nauen, R. (2006). Insecticide mode of action. The return of the ryanodine receptor. Pest Management Science 62, 690-692. 

Plant parts other than seeds have been less well studied and little attention has been placed on insecticidal modes of action of the defenses of the neotropical Meliaceae. Our study of the insect growth-reducing activity of 50 extracts of bark, leaf and wood of Central American Meliaceae showed the potent effect of these extracts against lepidopteran larvae and the potential for isolation of bioactive compounds from alarge number of these species. Extracts from the genera Trichilia and Cedrela (Xie etal., 1994 Ewete etal., 1996a Wheeler etal., 2001) show exceptional activity. Trichilia americana extracts have strong antifeedant activity to Spodoptera... 

J. R. Coats, ed., Insecticide Mode of Action, Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1982. 

Flubendiamide, Ryanodine Receptor, Ca Pump, Insecticide, Mode of Action... 

Just as with the chlorinated hydrocarbons, resistance has developed by many types of insects to the organophosphate insecticides. In retrospect this is not altogether unexpected. The phosphate insecticides mode of action involves inhibition of the cholinesterase enzymes of the insect. When the level of insecticide spraying is such that nearly all of... 

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