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Plant-Based Insect Repellents: A Review Of Their Efficacy, Development and Testing. [PDF]

, 2011
Plant-based repellents have been used for generations in traditional practice as a personal protection measure against host-seeking mosquitoes. Knowledge on traditional repellent plants obtained through ethnobotanical studies is a valuable resource for ...
Maia, Marta Ferreira, Moore, Sarah J
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Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives [PDF]

Ecological Indicators, 2019
Abstract Recent decades have witnessed major growth in the use of agrochemicals worldwide, – for maximizing the food production for a rapidly growing human population. However, the indiscriminate use of these substances especially the pesticides has led to the accumulation of toxic residues in food, soil, air, and water, as well as the development of
Campos, Estefânia V.R., Proença, Patrícia L.F., Oliveira, Jhones L., Bakshi, Mansi, Abhilash, P. C., Fraceto, Leonardo F.   +5 more
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Pesticide use in integrated pest and pollinator management framework to protect pollinator health

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 1691-1696, April 2025.
Integrated pest management (IPM) emphasizes non‐chemical methods, with pesticides as a last resort, while integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) integrates pollinator health into pest control strategies. Abstract Agricultural pesticides have historically been a critical tool in controlling pests and diseases, preventing widespread suffering ...
Ngoc T Phan, David J Biddinger, Edwin G Rajotte, Guy Smagghe, Gadi VP Reddy, Zong‐Xin Ren, Neelendra K Joshi   +6 more
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Phenotypic Susceptibility status of Culex quinquefasciatus larvae against different synthetic and botanical insecticides from sub-Himalayan West Bengal, India

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
Background Culex quinquefasciatus is a primary vector of lymphatic filariasis, and the most abundant mosquito species in the sub-Himalayan West Bengal.
Abhirup Saha, Prapti Das, Subhajit Das, Dhiraj Saha   +3 more
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Galleria mellonella (L.) (Pyralidae) und Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Noctuidae): Wirkungsunterschiede zwischen XenTari® (Bacillus thuringiensis aizawai), NeemAzal T/S® und ihren Kombinationen [PDF]

, 2008
Both, G. mellonella and S. exigua, are most important pests in tropical countries. G. mellonella has five to six generations per year (Abid et al. 1997; Ali 1996), there, and feeding in bee combs they find, besides wax, residues of honey, insect skin and
Ahmad, Masum, Basedow, Thies, El Shafie, Hamadttu, Tadesse, Betre   +3 more
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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ACTIVITY OF PLANT DERIVED PRODUCTS IN THE WHITEFLY (Bemisia tabaci) AND ITS PARASITOID Encarsia Formosa

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2019
The goal of this research was to evaluate the activity of aqueous extracts of regional plants and commercial botanical insecticides on the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) and its parasitoid (Encarsia formosa).
Ori Pérez-Verdugo, Esau Ruiz-Sánchez, Marcela Gamboa-Angulo, Luis Latournerie-Moreno, German Carnevali Fernández-Concha, Marcos Cua-Basulto, Wilberth Chan-Cupul   +6 more
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Botanical insecticide as simple extractives for pest control

Cogent Biology, 2017
One of the most important global problems is protecting crops from insects. For the control of insects, synthetic chemicals are continuously used, and their toxicity endangers health of farm operat...
Wafaa M. Hikal, Rowida S. Baeshen, Hussein A.H. Said-Al Ahl   +2 more
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Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn, Vicky L. Tolmay, Marlon‐Schylor Luke le Roux, Lintle Mohase, Mpho S. Mafa, Vittorio F. Nicolis, Eduard Venter, Nicolaas Francois Visser Burger, Anna‐Maria Botha   +8 more
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COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF SYNTHETIC AND BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES AGAINST SUCKING INSECT PEST AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES ON COTTON CROP

Journal of Mountain Area Research, 2016
The Synthetic and botanical insecticides are relatively safer for environment and beneficial insects. The study was conducted in Rahim Yar Khan during the cotton cropping season 2014 to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two Synthetic insecticides i.e.
M. A. Baker, A. H. Makhdum, M. Nasir, A. Imran, A. Ahmad, F. Tufail   +5 more
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