nereistoxin

English

Etymology

Nereis +‎ toxin

Noun

nereistoxin (countable and uncountable, plural nereistoxins)

1. Any toxin based on the parent compound 4-N,N-dimethylamino-1,2-dithiolane, usually used as an insecticide
   • 2015 July 15, Gang Xu et al., “De novo assembly and characterization of central nervous system transcriptome reveals neurotransmitter signaling systems in the rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis”, in BMC Genomics‎^[1], volume 16, →DOI:

     To date, control of this insect still relies mainly on chemical pesticides, which has led to the development of resistance to organophosphate and nereistoxin insecticides due to excessive use in the field [ 7, 13 ].

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