Increased food insecurity caused by factors such as plant pests and pathogens has
prompted the use of botanicals as alternative control agents. In this review, the ethnobotany …

Over the years, the use of pesticides has risen significantly, primarily to combat undesirable
organisms that threaten crucial crops. A variety of pesticides are available, each designed to …

The aversive behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans is an important strategy that increases
their survival under pathogen infection, and the molecular mechanisms underlying this …

Annually, significant crop losses are reported due to diseases caused by phytopathogens.
Most subsistence farmers cannot afford the high cost of chemical treatments thereby …

Plant parasitic nematodes are small roundworms that feed on plants and damage them. The
most serious among them was root-knot nematodes that found in cultivated crops throughout …

The need for alternative nematode control measures has grown increasingly in recent years
due to environmental, food safety and animal welfare issues related to the synthetic …

Brazilian crops are strongly affected by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita,
which compromises food production and causes serious economic losses around the world …

The quest to increase food production has resulted in the development of many programmes
that can support food production in several developing countries; however, crop yields are …

Tobacco root-knot nematode is one of the most important soil-born tobacco diseases in
southwest of China, especially in Liangshan area of Sichuan Province. In this research, we …