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Susceptibility of western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) to some synthetic and botanical insecticides under laboratory conditions

Journal of Crop Protection, 2015
This study was conducted to investigate commercial formulations of insecticides against western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande).The insects were collected from commercial greenhouses of cucumber in Varamin, Iran.
Zahra Gholami, Amin Sadeghi, Aziz Sheikhi Garjan, Javad Nazemi Rafi, Fatemeh Gholami   +4 more
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Integrated Evaluation of the Multifunctional Bioactivity of Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe Essential Oil: Antimicrobial, Insecticidal, and Postharvest Effects on Fresh Ginger

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
Multifunctional bioactivity of Curcuma zedoaria essential oil. ABSTRACT Plant‐derived essential oils are increasingly investigated as sustainable alternatives for food preservation and crop protection; however, their multifunctional applicability under postharvest conditions remains insufficiently explored.
Miroslava Kačániová, Minhang Qiao, Joel Horacio Elizondo‐Luevano, Zhaojun Ban, Li Li, Yizhou Gao, Anis Ben Hsouna, Rania Ben Saad, Maciej Ireneusz Kluz, Stefania Garzoli   +9 more
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Botanical defence: medicinal plants as botanical insecticides against Locustana pardalina Walker (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Frontiers in Insect Science
BackgroundFood crop infestations caused by the insect pest Locustana pardalina threaten global food security, particularly in developing regions. This pest can devastate entire crops, exacerbating malnutrition and economic instability.
Afika-Amazizi N. Mbuyiswa, Hlalanathi Y. Gwanya, Ompelege J. Phokwe, Nomagugu Gxaba, Madira C. Manganyi   +4 more
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POTENTIATION OF COPAÍBA OIL-RESIN WITH SYNTHETIC INSECTICIDES TO CONTROL OF FALL ARMYWORM

Revista Caatinga, 2017
The control of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. SMITH) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) has been carried out mainly with pyrethroids and organophosphates insecticides.
WALDIANE ARAÚJO DE ALMEIDA, IGOR HONORATO LEDUÍNO DA SILVA, ANA CLÁUDIA VIEIRA DOS SANTOS, AURÉLIO PAES BARROS, ADALBERTO HIPÓLITO DE SOUSA   +4 more
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Beyond Tradition: An Integrated Toxicological, Ecological, and Public Health Perspective on Aristolochic Acids

Journal of Applied Toxicology, Volume 46, Issue 8, Page 2599-2622, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aristolochia species have long been used in traditional medicine for their presumed anti‐inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial properties. However, extensive toxicological and epidemiological evidence now demonstrates that these plants contain aristolochic acids (AAs) I and II, highly potent nephrotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic ...
Victor Ventura de Souza, Lara Rodrigues De Andrade, Tatiana da Silva Souza   +2 more
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Assessing trade‐off risk between crop production and vertebrate biodiversity in three African countries

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 8, Page 2796-2814, August 2026.
Abstract Governments worldwide are committed to eliminating hunger and conserving biodiversity, reflected in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 15 (Life on Land). Expanding agricultural lands to meet growing food demands often threatens biodiversity, creating potential trade‐offs between these objectives. To understand the
Abbie S. A. Chapman, Selase Kofi Adanu, Carole Dalin, Adam Devenish, Geoffrey H. Griffiths, Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson, Barbara Adolph, Phil Franks, Tagel Gebrehiwot, Jacob Mwitwa, Nathalie Seddon, Joseph A. Tobias, Tim Newbold   +12 more
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Inter‐row flowering strips enhance pest suppression and improve tree physiological performance in pine nurseries

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2026.
To reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides and improve planting‐stock quality, nursery managers may consider integrating perennial flowering strips into inter‐rows, particularly under comparable pine nursery conditions. This nature‐based intervention was associated with reduced sap‐sucking pest pressure, probably mediated by increased natural enemy ...
Martina Bernatová, Radek Michalko, Marie Matoušková, Ondřej Košulič   +3 more
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Robust estimation of key leaf traits from reflectance spectroscopy of herbarium specimens

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 8, Page 2364-2378, August 2026.
Abstract Community‐wide efforts to digitize herbarium specimens have facilitated novel uses of specimen data across scales. However, the need for destructive sampling has prevented large‐scale examination of foliar functional traits. We demonstrate that nondestructive reflectance spectra are an effective tool for estimating leaf traits from herbarium ...
Aaron K. Lee, Lauren Vander Esch, Jin Oong, Brett Fredericksen, Juan Ramirez‐Lerma, J. Antonio Guzmán, Dawson White, Tim Whitfeld, Jose Eduardo Meireles, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Ya Yang   +10 more
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Semi‐Natural Habitats Buffer the Effects of Crop Diversification on Arthropod Pest Control Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 8, August 2026.
Crop diversification is often promoted to enhance biological pest control in agricultural landscapes, but its effects remain context‐dependent. Using data from 742 landscapes across 13 countries, we found that crop diversification did not increase overall natural enemy abundance or biological control potential, but mainly increased both specialist ...
Thomas Perrot, Léa Beaumelle, Eva Thomine, Yann Tricault, Nicolas Desneux, Matthias Albrecht, Péter Batáry, Felix Bianchi, Klaus Birkhofer, Aliette Bosem Baillod, Rebecca Chaplin‐Kramer, Anne‐Marie Cortesero, Alejandro C. Costamagna, Tim Diekötter, Johan Ekroos, Martin H. Entling, Vesna Gagic, Russell Groves, Anders Huseth, Coline Jaworski, Marina Kaiser, Daniel S. Karp, Jochen Krauss, Blas Lavandero, Anne Le Ralec, Yanhui Lu, Emily A. Martin, Matthew Mitchell, Gonzalo A. R. Molina, Erkki Palmu, David J. Perovic, David Ragsdale, Sarah Redlich, Ishan Samaranayake, Julia Saulais, Nancy A. Schellhorn, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Louis Sutter, Teja Tscharntke, Matthias Tschumi, Adrien Rusch   +40 more
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Scope for non-crop plants to promote conservation biological control of crop pests and serve as sources of botanical insecticides. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Amoabeng BW, Stevenson PC, Mochiah BM, Asare KP, Gurr GM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source