PrefacePeter Maienfisch and Sven Mangelinckx1. Recent innovation in crop protection researchPeter Maienfisch and Sven Mangelinckx2. Status and potential of bioprotection products for crop protectionPamela G. Marrone3. Research and development of green pesticides in ChinaXusheng Shao, Zhong Li and Xuhong Qian4. Agrochemical disease control: The story so farClemens Lamberth, Stefano Rendine and Sarah Sulzer-Mosse5. Plant defense priming in the field: a reviewWillem Desmedt, Bartel Vanholme and Tina Kyndt6. Reaching beyond crop protection: Synergism between agricultural development and malaria eradicationDaniel Strickman, Nick Hamon, Thomas S. Churcher, Ellie Sherrard-Smith and Derek W. Willis7. Discovery and optimization of a novel insecticide, broflanilideT. Nakao, H. Katsuta, M. Nomura, T. Wakita, H. Daido, Y. Kobayashi, A. Kawahara and S. Banba8. Studies on a novel insecticide, fluxametamideT. Mita, Y. Furukawa, M. Iwasa, T. Kikuchi and M. Komoda9. The discovery of isocycloseram: A novel isoxazoline insecticideJérôme Cassayre, Tomas Smejkal, Judith Blythe, Patrik Hoegger, Peter Renold, Thomas Pitterna, C.S. Prasanna, Helmars Smits, Edouard Godineau, Torsten Luksch, Guillaume Berthon, Girish Rawal, Rupesh Patre, Mukul Lal, Mohamed Boussemghoune, Simonetta Masala, Fabien Barreteau, Michael Flaeschel, Juliane Vogt and Myriem El Qacemi10. Cyclaniliprole: A novel diamide insecticideMasamitsu Tsukamoto, Taku Hamamoto, Masayuki Morita, Kenichi Nakamoto, Akihiro Hisamatsu and Toru Koyanagi11. Optimization of mesoionic pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidinone insecticides and discovery of 3-biaryl analogs controlling Lepidoptera speciesWenming Zhang, Kenneth A. Hughes, Caleb W. Holyoke Jr., My-Hanh T. Tong, George P. Lahm, Thomas F. Pahutski, James Barry, Daniel Cordova, Robert M. Leighty, Ming Xu, Twyla A. Briddell, Stephen F. McCann, Yewande T. Henry and Yuzhong Chen12. Chemistry and biology connected: the development of InscalisChristopher Koradin, Hartwig Schröder, Kazuhiko Oyama and Satoshi Omura13. Spiropidion discovery: Broad spectrum control of sucking insects and mites for multicrop utilityM. Muehlebach, J. Schaetzer, A. Buchholz, A.J. Flemming, C.R. Godfrey, E. Godineau, M. Hamer, F. Vock-Hatt, O. Hueter, D.P. Kloer, P. Maienfisch, S. Oliver, F. Perruccio, Thomas Pitterna, C. Popp, R. Senn, R. Slater, Tomas Smejkal, D. Stafford, J. Wenger, L. Wildsmith and W. Zambach14. Discovery of oxazosulfyl: A novel broad-spectrum insecticideMai Ito, Yoshihiko Nokura, Masaki Takahashi, Hiroji Yamada and Atsushi Iwata15. Synthesis and biological activity of a novel insecticide, benzpyrimoxanEikoh Satoh, Ryota Kasahara, Kosuke Fukatsu, Takao Aoki, Hiroto Harayama, Tetsuya Murata and Akiyuki Suwa16. Discovery and optimization of silicon-containing complex II acaricidesCong Zhou, Jiagao Cheng, Zhong Li and Peter Maienfisch17. Cycloclavine: A natural product with insecticidal potentialJoachim Dickhaut, Andrea Molt and Johannes Röckl18. Photoresponsive pesticidal agentsXusheng Shao19. Discovery and optimization of novel mosquitocidal compounds for the control of anopheline vectors of malariaP. Wege, O. Hueter, M. Hoppé, Peter Maienfisch, R. Nourani and M. Daniels20. Antiparasitic dinitrile compounds for fly control in cattleNikolas Huwyler, Vincent L. Salgado, Pascal Bindschaedler, Birgit Gockel, Matthias Pohlman, Sebastian Soergel, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Ralph Paulini, Nancy B. Rankl, James S. Hunter III and Charles Meng21. Design, structural derivation, and nematicidal activities of 1,2,3-benzotriazin-4-one derivativesXiaoyong Xu, Xiulei Chen, Gaolei Wang, Jingwei Zhang, Youxin Xiao, Hongfeng Shen, Yaning Chang, Wei Li, Haowu Jia, Ruifeng Zhang and Xiaofeng Cao22. ADEPIDYN-the first N-methoxy-substituted carboxamide among the succinate dehydrogenase inhibitorsDaniel Stierli, Hans Ulrich Haas, Ramya Rajan, Dave Bartlett, Helge Sierotzki, Fredrik Cederbaum, Harald Walter and Clemens Lamberth23.