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 …

Stored grain infestation is a very serious problem as various life stages of insects cause
economic damage and deteriorates the quality of food grains and food products. There are …

Botanical insecticides based on plant extracts are not widely used as crop protectants even
though they can be produced simply from locally available plants. Many studies have …

Storage losses due to pests threaten livelihoods of farmers across Africa. Synthetic
pesticides provide effective control when used correctly but resource-poor farmers cannot …

飞机草挥发油对5 种植物幼苗生长有显著的抑制作用, 受抑制的大小排序为黑麦草> 白菜> 萝卜>
四季豆> 水稻. 中等浓度(800mg· L-1) 飞机草挥发油对水稻稻瘟病菌的抑制作用最强 …

Seven essential oils of Cinnamomum camphora, Cymbopogon winterianus, Matricaria
chamomilla, Mentha viridis, Prunus amygdalus var amara, Rosmarinus afficinalis and …

A ESTRA (" T" l'ermite, Macrotermes spp., is economically the most important termite pests
which create considerable damage on agricultural crops and domestic materials causing up …

Sitophilus zeamais (Motsch.) is an important storage pest of maize grain in several parts of
Africa including Zimbabwe. Although synthetic pesticides are effective at controlling the pest …

BACKGROUND Pest management using botanicals has been widely practiced in sub‐
Saharan Africa and other parts of the world in recent times. The natural compounds present …

Most of the chemical insecticides are neurotoxic, acting on targets in the central nervous
system such as the membrane ion channels (DDT, pyrethroids), the enzyme …