Prevention of food losses during postharvest storage is of paramount economic importance.
Integrated pest management is now a widely accepted strategy in pest control including …

An interest in natural products from plants has been increased due to the disruption of
natural biological control systems, undesirable effects on non-target organisms …

The increasing concern over the level of pesticide residues in food has encouraged
researchers to look for alternatives of synthetic pesticides. Their indiscriminate use has led …

In recent years there has been considerable pressure in agriculture to reduce chemical
pesticides and to look for their better alternatives. The plant kingdom is recognized as the …

The essential oils have been widely used as antiparasitical, bactericidal, fungicidal, antivirus
and insecticidal. On the other hand the main method to control insect pest is using synthetic …

A large number of insect pests have been reported to be associated with stored grains.
Almost all species have remarkably high rates of multiplication and, may destroy 10–15 per …

Ageratum conyzoides L.(Asteraceae) is an aromatic, annual herb and cosmopolitan weed
commonly known as billygoat weed or goat weed and is typically found in cultivated fields …

In this study, Allium sativum (Alliaceae) essential oil was extracted and evaluated for
repellent, insecticidal, feeding inhibitory, oviposition inhibitory and acetylcholinesterase …

In this study, Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) and Piper cubeba (Piperaceae) essential
oils and two pure natural terpenes, α-pinene and β-caryophyllene, were evaluated for their …

The essential oil (EO) from the leaves of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Grey was
investigated to determine chemical composition and fumigant toxicity against two major …