Valutazione biologica di inibitori di tirosinasi nei confronti di larve e pupe di Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae)

Tyrosinase plays an important role in cuticle tanning and sclerotization in insects. Use of selective inhibitors active toward this enzyme could offer the opportunity to elaborate new sustainable biological control techniques. These substances might also act as a synergistic increasing target species susceptibility to pathogen agents or insecticides.