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Pesticide use in integrated pest and pollinator management framework to protect pollinator health

open access: yesPest 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   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of Chromolaena odorata green manure to improve chemical properties of degraded Inceptisols and growth and yield of peanut

open access: yesJournal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management
Sustainable agriculture is a crucial solution to address land degradation and food security. This study examined the effects of Chromolaena odorata green manure and botanical pesticides on the chemical properties of degraded Inceptisols, which in turn ...
Hafifah Hafifah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Botanical Plant Extracts on the Population Dynamics of Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera; Aphididae)

open access: yesJournal of Bioresource Management, 2022
Synthetic pesticides are excessively consumed to control crop pests but abundant use of chemicals may implicate the whole ecosystem badly in the end. Despite the growing concern, few natural products are commercialized for pest control whilst onfarm ...
Habib Ali   +11 more
doaj  

Evaluation of bio-rational insecticides to control Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) fed on Vicia faba L. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Two botanical pesticides, Neem Azal-T/S (NA) and Quassia amara, one biopesticide, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai (Bta) and one combination of Bta + NA were tested against 2nd and 4th instar larvae of the noctuids Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and ...
Aggarwal, Naveen   +2 more
core  

Participatory Videos: A New Media for Promoting Organic Farming in Northern Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Significance of agricultural extension to eliminate poverty, vulnerability, hunger and pollution is well-established in the perspective of developing countries.
Chowdhury, A.H.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders

open access: yesInsect 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   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Potential of Forest Betel Weed as Raw Materials for Botanical Pesticides in West Sumatra

open access: yesWarta Pengabdian Andalas
Forest betel (Piper aduncum) includes weed plants from the Piperaceae family that can be used as the main ingredient in the manufacture of environmentally friendly pest control technology, also known as botanical pesticides. Botanical pesticides from P.
Eka Candra Lina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV and orientation of subsistence and commercial home gardens in rural Ghana: Crop composition, crop diversity and food security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
An empirical study was conducted to explore differences and similarities in biodiversity in subsistence and commercial home gardens of HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural households in the Eastern Region of Ghana and their significance in household food ...
Akrofi, S., Price, L.L., Struik, P.C.
core   +1 more source

Effects of reduced-risk pesticides and plant growth regulators on rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Citation: Echegaray, Erik R., and Raymond A. Cloyd. 2012. “Effects of Reduced-Risk Pesticides and Plant Growth Regulators on Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Adults.” Journal of Economic Entomology 105 (6): 2097–2106.
Cloyd, Raymond A., Echegaray, Erik R.
core   +2 more sources

Brood parasitism reduces but does not prevent Bombus terrestris reproductive success

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Graphical depiction of the colony splitting process. Throughout figures in this paper, results pertaining to host success are represented in blue, and cuckoo success is represented in red. Abstract Cuckoo bumblebees are obligate brood parasites that must invade a colony of their host bumblebee species in order to reproduce.
Sofia Dartnell, Lynn V. Dicks
wiley   +1 more source

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