Stop the crop: insights into the insecticidal mode of action of cinnamodial against mosquitoes
M. Kalsi, A. Walter, B. Lee, A. DeLaat, R. Rusconi Trigueros, K. Happel, R. Sepesy, B. Nguyen, P. K. Manwill, H. L. Rakotondraibe, P. M. Piermarini
This study identifies the insecticidal mechanism of cinnamodial against mosquitoes by showing it inhibits crop contractility through Ca2+ elevation and tetanic paralysis.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2020Physiology