Plants in the Genus Tephrosia: Valuable Resources for Botanical Insecticides [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Synthetic insecticides are effective in controlling insect pests but can also harm nontarget organisms and the environment. During the last 40 years, there has been an increasing interest in alternative insecticides, particularly those derived from ...
Peiwen Zhang +3 more
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Horizontal transfer of diatomaceous earth and botanical insecticides in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L.; hemiptera: cimicidae. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Horizontal transfer of insecticide occurs when insects contact or ingest an insecticide, return to an aggregation or a nest, and transfer the insecticide to other conspecific insects through contact.
Yasmin Akhtar, Murray B Isman
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Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2022 Background Synthetic insecticides employed in seed treatment are often phytotoxic, especially at slightest misapplications. Cowpea seed is mainly attacked by Callosobruchus maculatus.
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Jurnal Agro Industri Perkebunan, 2023 The impact of cocoa fruit-sucking ladybugs (Helopeltis antonii Signoret) is getting higher, resulting in control by considering costs and abundant raw materials.
Irma Wardati +3 more
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Use of essential oils from plants of Araripe National Forest against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023 Aedes aegypti control is achieved with chemical insecticides that can promote insecticide resistance. In the search for new forms of control, the use of botanical products is currently growing and many tests with oils have already been performed.
F. R. Azevedo +4 more
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Variation in the susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae to botanicals across a metropolitan region of Nigeria [PDF]
, 2019 Pesticide resistance is normally associated with genetic changes, resulting in varied responses to insecticides between different populations. There is little evidence of resistance to plant allelochemicals; it is likely that their efficacy varies ...
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Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2014 Control of cocoa mirid, Helopeltis antoniiso far uses chemicalinsecticides as the main alternative. Therefore, it is necessary to find out the environment friendly control techniques.
Endang Sulistyowati +3 more
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The phytochemical composition of Melia volkensii and its potential for insect pest management [PDF]
, 2020 Due to potential health and environmental risks of synthetic pesticides, coupled with their non-selectivity and pest resistance, there has been increasing demand for safer and biodegradable alternatives for insect pest management.
Backx, Simon +9 more
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Identification of Novel Pesticides for Use against Glasshouse Invertebrate Pests in UK Tomatoes and Peppers [PDF]
, 2015 To inform current and future pesticide availability to glasshouse vegetable growers, the current project trialled more than twenty products, including existing industry standards, against four key pests of glasshouse tomatoes and bell peppers.
Banfield-Zanin, Jennifer +6 more
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Research Status of Botanical Insecticide in Indonesia and Its Commercial Constraints [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesThis article aims to review the status of botanical insecticide and its commercialization constraints in Indonesia. The method used was by tracking botanical insecticide papers published from 1993 to 2019. The collected data consisted of the plant source
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