Identifying novel insecticides and their targets: probing Australian arachnid venoms

识别新型杀虫剂及其目标：探索澳大利亚蜘蛛毒液

• 批准号: DP0559396
• 负责人: Prof Graham Nicholson
• 金额: $ 16.66万
• 依托单位: University of Technology Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-02-10 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0559396
• 关键词: Identifying; novel; insecticides; their; targets

Insect pests destroy an estimated 2-3 billion dollars of crops in Australia. Insect pests also are responsible for the transmission of many new and re-emerging human, animal and plant diseases threatening health, wellbeing and prosperity. Current insecticides are severely limited by toxicity and/or insect resistance, and some are undergoing use cancellation overseas. Thus there is an urgent need to develop safer and more specific insecticides that are effective against disease vectors and agricultural pest insects, as well as to identify new insecticide targets. This research has a multi-million dollar potential benefit to agricultural, health and pest control sectors

据估计，虫害破坏了澳大利亚20-30亿美元的农作物。虫害还导致许多新的和重新出现的人类、动物和植物疾病的传播，威胁到健康、福祉和繁荣。目前的杀虫剂受到毒性和/或抗虫性的严重限制，一些杀虫剂正在海外被取消使用。因此，迫切需要开发更安全和更具体的杀虫剂，对病媒和农业害虫有效，并确定新的杀虫剂目标。这项研究为农业、卫生和虫害防治部门带来了数百万美元的潜在好处。