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nereistoxins

nereistoxins is the plural of nereistoxin.

Meaning of nereistoxin

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
    • 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 ].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...

Questions about nereistoxins

What is nereistoxins the plural of?
Nereistoxins is the plural of nereistoxin.

Words near nereistoxins in the dictionary

  1. nereidids
  2. nereids
  3. Nereim
  4. Nereis
  5. nereistoxin
  6. nereistoxins
  7. Nereju
  8. nerelimomab
  9. Neretva
  10. Nereus
  11. nerf

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