Juvenile hormone: production, regulation, current application in vector control and its future applications

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2021-07-31

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Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine

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0127-5720

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Nur Aliah NA, Ab-Rahim S, Moore HE, Heo CC. (2021) Juvenile hormone: production, regulation, current application in vector control and its future applications. Tropical Biomedicine, Volume 38, Issue 3, September 2021, pp. 254-264

Abstract

Juvenile hormone is an exclusive hormone found in insects which involves regulating various insect physiology. A total of eight juvenile hormones have been identified in insects which include JH 0, JH I, JH II, JH III, 4-methyl JH I (Iso- JH 0), JHB III, JHSB III, and MF. Corpora allata are the glands responsible for the production and synthesis of these hormones. They are involved in moulting, reproduction, polyethism, and behavioural regulations in different orders of insects. Factors such as diet temperatures, photoperiods, and plant compounds affect the biosynthesis and regulation of juvenile hormones. Juvenile hormones analogue is usually used to disrupt normal regulation of JH and this analogue is categorized as insect-growth regulators (IGRs) and is widely used in pest control as an alternative to chemical insecticides. Other applications of biosynthesis activities of this hormone have not been explored in the area of JHs. In this review, current applications of JHs and with an addition of their application will be discussed.

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pest control, insect physiology, insect brain, corpora allata, Juvenile hormones

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Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

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