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Irina Neta Gostin and Irinel Eugen Popescu
Biopesticides, alongside the expansive growth of conventional agriculture, emerged as a hopeful avenue for mitigating the environmental impact of synthetic chemicals. Essential oils derived from various plant species are regarded as environmentally frien...
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Luis J. Amaro Leal, Arturo Huerta de la Peña, Ignacio Ocampo Fletes, Pedro Antonio López, Nemesio Villa-Ruano and Omar Romero-Arenas
Leafcutter ants (Atta spp.) are one of the mos t economically harmful pests in agriculture, considered dominant in the Neotropics and South America. Mature colonies of A. mexicana have a great economic impact on Mexico?s agriculture. Microbial agents in ...
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Esther Lantero, Beatriz Matallanas and Carmen Callejas
Mediterranean olive cultivation faces challenges in the global environmental change context. Pests and diseases caused by arthropods such as Bactrocera oleae, Prays oleae, and certain vectors of Xylella fastidiosa are expected to increase and spread in p...
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Ke Liu, Zhenhong Qi, Li Tan, Caiyan Yang and Canwei Hu
Biopesticides are perceived as a feasible alternative to chemical pesticides, providing an effective approach to pest management while mitigating the undesirable effects of chemical pesticide overuse. Yet, due to the distinctive attributes of the two typ...
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Ieva Me?aka, Arta Kronberga, Marta Berga, Laura Kalane, Laura Pastare, Gundars Skudrin? and Ilva Nakurte
The extensive application of synthetic insecticides and herbicides over the past 50 years has led to a number of problems, including negative effects on non-target organisms and the evolution of pesticide-resistant pests. As an alternative means of pest ...
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Yumeng Cheng, Hongmei Li, Lulu Liu, Guangjun Wang, Haojing Gu and Belinda Luke
Oedaleus decorus asiaticus is one of the most harmful locusts in agricultural and pastoral areas in China. Plagues of this grasshopper can aggravate grassland degradation and cause huge damage to the livestock industry. Fungal biopesticides are seen as a...
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Zhuo-Kun Liu, Xue-Lin Li, Xiao-Feng Tan, Mao-Fa Yang, Atif Idrees, Jian-Feng Liu, Sai-Jie Song and Jian Shen
Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a highly invasive polyphagous pest that causes great economic losses to agricultural production. Emamectin benzoate (EMB) is one of the most popular biopesticides with high antipest,...
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Samira Mosalaei Rad, Ajay K. Ray and Shahzad Barghi
The agricultural industry uses substantial amounts of water (the highest in the world) mostly for irrigation purposes. Rapid population growth and, consequently, growing demand for food have increased the use of pesticide to have higher yield for crops a...
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A. A. M. Khiew
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The demand toward higher agricultural yield to support the rampant annual global population growth (1.1%) has exerted a great pressure on the usage of chemical pesticide and fertilizer in agriculture industry. However, the excessive application of modern...
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