Pesticides: Insecticides and Fungicides are chitin synthesis inhibitors
Leighton T, Marks E, Leighton F. 1981. Pesticides: Insecticides and Fungicides are chitin synthesis inhibitors. Science. 213(4510):905-907
Several important groups of fungicides and insecticides are specific inhibitors of chitin synthesis in a Phycomyces enzyme system and in insect organ cultures. The recently discovered benzoylphenylurea insecticides, which prevent chitin synthesis in insect tissues, are apparently not direct-acting chitin synthetase inhibitors. These insecticides may prevent insect chitin synthesis by interfering with the proteolytic activation of the chitin synthetase zymogen.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Leighton, Terrance; Marks, Edwin; Leighton, Frances
- Units
- SODN
- Keywords
- Chitin, fungicides, Insecticides, Pesticides