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Sweet Fennel Essential Oil Repels Drosophila suzukii via an Orco-Mediated Pathway [PDF]

Insects
Essential oils are promising alternatives to conventional chemical pesticides due to their toxic, repellent or oviposition-deterrent effects against many kinds of pests.
Wangyue Zhang, Litong Wei, Jiali Qian, Fengyi Wen, Junnan Yao, Ke Zheng, Yu Zhang, Huiming Wu, Chunxia Tian, Mengli Chen   +9 more
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Repellency of Selected Algerian-Origin Essential Oils and Hybrid Formulations Against Two Arbovirus Vectors, Culex pipiens s.l. and Aedes albopictus [PDF]

Insects
Mosquitoes are significant public health insects responsible for numerous vector-borne diseases. Injudicious chemical use has developed metabolic and genetic resistance in mosquitoes.
Nassima Meghazi, Abdel Madjid Benzehra, Abdenour Boumechhour, Aissam Bousbia, Rudy Megido Caparros, Frédéric Francis, Slimane Boukraa   +6 more
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Bioactivity of Artemisia dracunculus and A. absinthium Essential Oils Against Stored Product Insect Pests and Root-Knot Nematodes [PDF]

Insects
Investigating alternatives to synthetic chemicals in pest management is essential. The bioactivity of Artemisia absinthium and A. dracunculus essential oils (EOs) was evaluated against two stored-product insect pests (Sitophilus granaries and Tribolium ...
Emre Evlice, Mustafa Alkan, Ömer Cem Karakoç, Sait Ertürk, Reyhan Bahtiyarca, Yasemin Yücel Yücel, Ali Rıza Tüfekçi, Ümit Yırtıcı   +7 more
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Repellency of Veratraldehyde (3,4-Dimethoxy Benzaldehyde) against Mosquito Females and Tick Nymphs

Applied Sciences, 2021
Arthropod-borne infectious diseases cause many deaths and a major economic burden worldwide. Repellents play an important role in protecting people from infectious biting arthropods.
Soon-Il Kim, Jun-Hyung Tak, Jeong Kyu Seo, Seong Ryel Park, Jiwon Kim, Kyung-Hwan Boo   +5 more
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Deltamethrin-Mediated Effects on Locomotion, Respiration, Feeding, and Histological Changes in the Midgut of Spodoptera frugiperda Caterpillars

Insects, 2021
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is the main pest of maize crops, and effective methods for pest management are needed. The insecticidal efficacy of deltamethrin was evaluated against S.
Germano Lopes Vinha, Angelica Plata-Rueda, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrão, Luis Carlos Martínez   +5 more
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Insecticidal, Repellent and Antifeedant Activity of Essential Oils from Blepharocalyx cruckshanksii (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. Leaves and Pilgerodendron uviferum (D. Don) Florin Heartwood against Horn Flies, Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae)

Molecules, 2021
Haematobia irritans is a cosmopolitan obligate blood-feeding ectoparasite of cattle and is the major global pest of livestock production. Currently, H.
Javier Espinoza, Cristian Medina, Washington Aniñir, Paul Escobar-Bahamondes, Emilio Ungerfeld, Alejandro Urzúa, Andrés Quiroz   +6 more
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Foraging Behaviors of Red Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera Formicidae) in Response to Bait Containing Different Concentrations of Fipronil, Abamectin, or Indoxacarb

Insects, 2023
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, is a severe pest with agricultural, ecological, and medical significance. The baiting treatment is one of the main methods to control S. invicta.
Chengju Du, Hailong Lyu, Lanfeng Wang, Lei Mao, Lin Li, Xinya Yang, Cai Wang   +6 more
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Identifying the origin of soil water repellency at regional level using multiple soil characteristics: The White Carpathians and Myjavska pahorkatina Upland case study

Soil and Water Research, 2015
This paper evaluates the relationship between water repellency and multiple characteristics of topsoil samples belonging to seven Reference Soil Groups, taken from the area of the White Carpathians and the Myjavska pahorkatina Upland.
Lucia KOŘENKOVÁ, Ivan ŠIMKOVIC, Pavel DLAPA, Bohdan JURÁNI, Peter MATÚŠ   +4 more
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Evaluation of Calpurnia aurea leaf extracts as natural insect repellents for stored product insect pests in Ethiopia

All Life, 2023
The repellency of solvent extracts of Calpurnia aurea leaves was evaluated on the maize weevils and the red flour beetles. Nine-cm Whatman number 1 filter paper that is partitioned into treatment, neutral and non-treatment portions was used for the ...
Berhanu Hiruy, Emana Getu
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A brief overview of the causes, impacts and amelioration of soil water repellency - a review

Soil and Water Research, 2008
This article describes the phenomenon of soil water repellency, starting from the fundamental principals of water transport and storage in soil. Soil water repellency is a reduction in the rate of wetting and retention of water in soil caused by the ...
Paul D. Hallett
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