Budget Amount *help |
¥23,790,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,490,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥7,410,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,710,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥10,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,370,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Insecticide resistance has recently become a serious problem in the agricultural field. Development of insecticides with new mechanisms of action is essential to overcome this limitation. Juvenile hormone (JH) is an insect-specific hormone that plays key roles in maintaining the larval stage of insects. Hence, JH may be a suitable target for developing novel insect growth regulators (IGRs) with selectivity to target pests and safety to the ambient environment; however, only a few JH antagonists have been reported, and no practical JH antagonistic insecticide has been developed. Here, we established a screening system for exploration of JH antagonists, and succeeded in identifying novel JH antagonists.
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