Using RNA interference targeting a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit to counteract insecticide accommodation mechanisms: example of the β1 subunit in the imidacloprid-accommodated American cockroach, <i>Periplaneta americana</i>

Insecticide accommodation and resistance are limiting factors to the much-needed increase in agricultural production. Various physiological and cellular modifications, such as the changes of insecticide molecular targets, have been linked to these events. Thus, a previous study demonstrated