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Identification of Novel Pesticides for Use against Glasshouse Invertebrate Pests in UK Tomatoes and Peppers [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +3 more sources

Long-Term Field Evaluation of Conventional vs. Micropropagated Plants of Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium

open access: yesAgronomy, 2022
Pyrethrum is a perennial herbaceous plant endemic to the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, and introduced in large areas of nearly all continents, where it is cultivated for the industrial extraction of pyrethrins.
Caterina Catalano   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

History, presence and perspective of using plant extracts as commercial botanical insecticides and farm products for protection against insects - a review

open access: yesPlant Protection Science, 2016
Botanical insecticides keep attracting more attention from environmental and small farmers worldwide as they are considered as a suitable alternative to synthetic insecticides.
Roman PAVELA
doaj   +1 more source

Pyrethrum and the Second World War: Recontextualising DDT in the Narrative of Wartime Insect Control

open access: yesHoST, 2022
Historians have long recognised that DDT’s fame began with extraordinary propaganda late in the Second World War, yet heroic narratives that centre the chemical still shape historical understanding.
Clarke Sabine, Brown Richard J. E.
doaj   +1 more source

Wirkung verschiedener Insektizide und Repellentien gegen den Gemeinen Birnenblattsauger (Cacopsylla pyri) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The efficacy of different insecticides (neem, pyrethrin, spinosad, and rotenone) and a repellent (kaolin) applied with different strategies (single or repeated applications) against the over-wintering pear suckers (Cacopsylla pyri) and nymphs of the ...
Daniel, Claudia, Wyss, Eric
core  

Hidden lineages in the African Sky Islands: A taxonomic reevaluation of Afrocarduus (Compositae)

open access: yesJournal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Species delimitation is crucial for biodiversity studies. Using Hyb‐Seq and phylogenomics, we reassessed Afrocarduus, endemic to Afromontane and Afroalpine regions, uncovering 16 evolutionary lineages (2.3 Mya). Morphological data support their distinctiveness, with acaulescence evolving independently twice. The traditionally broad A.
Lucía D. Moreyra   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arthropods obtained from the Amazonian tree species "Cupiuba" (Goupia glabra) by repeated canopy fogging with natural Pyrethrum [PDF]

open access: yesActa Amazonica, 1998
Two canopies of a widely distributed Amazonian tree species, Goupia glabra Aubl. (Celastraceae, height 38 and 45m) were fogged several times with 1% natural pyrethrum during the rainy and dry seasons (1991-1994) in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve near ...
Joachim ADIS   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of autumn kaolin, pyrethrin, and ladybird larvae (Adalia bipunctata) applications on the spring populations of the rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea) in an on-farm apple orchard (cv. Topaz) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Effects of different strategies (insecticide treatment, physical barrier, biocontrol) to control autumn forms of Dysaphis plantaginea. Question 1: Efficacy of pyrethrum, kaolin, and larvae of A. bipunctata to control Dysaphis plantaginea.
Daniel, Claudia, Wyss, Eric
core  

Alternative protection of potatoes in organic farming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
There were tested water extracts from Syringa vulgaris and Pyrethrum parthenium. They did not prove signincant differences ofdecrease of the air attack ofColorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), the activity ofeggs -laying and the occurrence ...
Dvorak, Petr, Tomasek, Jaroslav
core  

Pairing Residual Contact Insecticide Use With Long‐Lasting Insecticide‐Incorporated Netting to Reduce Dispersal and Damage by Stored Product Insects

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 4, Page 501-514, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Long‐lasting insecticide‐incorporated netting (LLIN) can intercept insects and has shown promise for pest management before and after harvest in agriculture. Understanding how to incorporate LLIN into existing integrated pest management (IPM) programs, with other commonly used tactics like residual contact insecticides, can significantly ...
Sabita Ranabhat   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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