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Impacts of Technology Training Provided by Agricultural Cooperatives on Farmers’ Adoption of Biopesticides in China

Agriculture, 2022
As pesticide abuse becomes increasingly serious worldwide, it is necessary to pay attention to the biopesticide adoption behavior of agricultural producers.
Yuying Liu, Ruiling Shi, Yiting Peng, Wei Wang, Xinhong Fu   +4 more
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Biopesticides as a promising alternative to synthetic pesticides: A case for microbial pesticides, phytopesticides, and nanobiopesticides

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Over the years, synthetic pesticides like herbicides, algicides, miticides, bactericides, fumigants, termiticides, repellents, insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides, and pheromones have been used to improve crop yield.
M. Ayilara, B. Adeleke, S. Akinola, C. A. Fayose, Uswat T. Adeyemi, L. A. Gbadegesin, Richard K OMOLE, Remilekun M. Johnson, Q. O. Uthman, O. Babalola   +9 more
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Plant Essential Oils as Biopesticides: Applications, Mechanisms, Innovations, and Constraints

Plants, 2023
The advent of the “Green Revolution” was a great success in significantly increasing crop productivity. However, it involved high ecological costs in terms of excessive use of synthetic agrochemicals, raising concerns about agricultural sustainability ...
Ipsa Gupta, Rishikesh Singh, S. Muthusamy, Mansi M. Sharma, K. Grewal, H. Singh, D. Batish   +6 more
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Pesticides vs. Biopesticides: From Pest Management to Toxicity and Impacts on the Environment and Human Health

Toxics, 2023
The environmental pollution that occurs in direct response to the widespread use of man-made/conventional pesticides results from many chemicals that require a long period of time, often decades, to degrade.
G. M. Daraban, R. Hlihor, Daniela Șuteu
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An Overview of Some Biopesticides and Their Importance in Plant Protection for Commercial Acceptance

Plants, 2021
Biopesticides are natural, biologically occurring compounds that are used to control various agricultural pests infesting plants in forests, gardens, farmlands, etc. There are different types of biopesticides that have been developed from various sources.
J. Kumar, Ayyagari Ramlal, Dharmendra Mallick, V. Mishra   +3 more
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Susceptibility of Myzus persicae, Brevicoryne brassicae and Nasonovia ribisnigri to fungal biopesticides in laboratory and field experiments [PDF]

, 2020
The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) for the control of aphid pests of field vegetable crops. Four biopesticides based on the EPF Beauveria bassiana (Botanigard ES and Naturalis L), Cordyceps fumosorosea s.l.
Chandler, Dave, Prince, Gillian
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Towards a new biological control approach for Photorhabdus temperata bioinsecticide production through the bioconversion of Tunisian industrial wastewater

Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2020
A novel bioconversion approach of Tunisian wastewater to low-cost Photorhabdus temperata bioinsecticide is presented in this study. Our results showed that when cultured on the food industry wastewater (WS4), P. temperata cells exhibited oral toxicity of
Sahar Keskes, Wafa Jallouli, Emna Sahli, Sami Sayadi, Slim Tounsi   +4 more
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Development of a cost-effective medium for Photorhabdus temperata bioinsecticide production from wastewater and exploration of performance kinetic

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study investigates the optimization of the culture conditions for enhancing Photorhabdus temperata biopesticide production using wastewater (WS4) as a raw material.
Sahar Keskes, Wafa Jallouli, Imen Ben Atitallah, Fatma Driss, Emna Sahli, Mohamed Chamkha, Slim Tounsi   +6 more
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Development of Fungal Applications on Netting Substrates for Malaria Vector Control [PDF]

, 2011
Mosquito resistance to chemical insecticides is considered a serious threat for the sustainable use of contemporary malaria vector control methods.
Farenhorst, M., Hilhorst, A., Knols, B.G.J., Thomas, M.B.   +3 more
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Biopesticide Encapsulation Using Supercritical CO₂: A Comprehensive Review and Potential Applications

Molecules, 2021
As an alternative to synthetic pesticides, natural chemistries from living organisms, are not harmful to nontarget organisms and the environment, can be used as biopesticides, nontarget.
Dário Rodrigues do Nascimento Junior, Antonio Tabernero, Elaine Christine de Magalhães Cabral Albuquerque, Silvio Alexandre Beisl Vieira de Melo   +3 more
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