TY - JOUR N2 - Obviously, the moment has come in agriculture and forestry when we must decide to gradually abandon (where possible) non-selectively acting chemical insecticides, taking into consideration the overall decrease in the total biomass of insects, especially pollinators, and the increased number of diseases and human deaths directly or indirectly associated with chemical insecticides. Yet with the world facing the rapid growth of human populations, the annual reduction of cultivated areas, and substantial losses from insect pests, most experts believe that no serious alternative to chemical insecticides exists. However, there is definitely room to create more well-tailored chemical insecticides. And there is hope, in the form of effective DNA insecticides able to provide an adequate level of safety for non-target organisms. In this short communication describing experiments carried out on the larvae of Ceroplastes japonicus Green (feeding on Ilex aquifolium Linnaeus), we show for the first time the enormous potential for the use of DNA insecticides in the control of soft scale insects and how they could replace non-selective organophosphate insecticides. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/117053/PDF/RC_01_JPPR_60_4_772_Useinov.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/117053 PY - 2020 IS - No 4 EP - 409 DO - 10.24425/jppr.2020.133956 KW - Ceroplastes japonicus KW - DNA insecticides KW - insect pest control KW - 28S ribosomal RNA KW - soft scale insects A1 - Useinov, Refat Zhevdetovich A1 - Gal’chinsky, Nikita A1 - Yatskova, Ekaterina A1 - Novikov, Ilya A1 - Puzanova, Yelizaveta A1 - Trikoz, Natalya A1 - Sharmagiy, Alexander A1 - Plugatar, Yuri A1 - Laikova, Kateryna A1 - Oberemok, Volodymyr PB - Committee of Plant Protection PAS PB - Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute VL - vol. 60 DA - 2020.09.28 T1 - To bee or not to bee: creating DNA insecticides to replace non-selective organophosphate insecticides for use against the soft scale insect Ceroplastes japonicus Green SP - 406 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117053 T2 - Journal of Plant Protection Research ER -