Highlights•New pesticides are more selective, but no pesticide is universally
'harmless'.•Ground-dwelling natural enemies and studies on herbicides are under …

Scabies is an invasive skin condition caused by Sarcoptes scabiei mites. The present study
investigates the antiscabies potential of coconut seed extract (CSE) in rabbits. GC-MS …

Simple Summary Tephritid fruit flies are among the most destructive agricultural pests of
fruits and vegetables worldwide and have global significance, introducing barriers to the …

BACKGROUND Spotted‐wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is an economic pest of small
fruits and cherries. Insecticides primarily control this pest while alternative controls are in …

The nonnutritive sugar, erythritol, has the potential to be a human‐safe management tool for
the small fruits and cherry pest, Drosophila suzukii, or spotted‐wing drosophila. Feeding on …

Drosophila suzukii, spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), is a fly pest of small fruits and cherries
often managed by chemical insecticides, and finding a convenient, human-safe alternative is …

Predation is an important interaction that can change the structure of arthropod communities
across both temporal and spatial scales. In agricultural systems predation can reduce the …

Summary Erythritol, a non-nutritive 4-carboned polyol, was demonstrated to have
insecticidal properties for multiple arthropod pests. The erythritol formulations combined with …

Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, spotted-wing drosophila, is a major pest of small fruits and
cherries and often managed with conventional insecticides. Our previous work found that …

BACKGROUND Development of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vectors has
necessitated the development of novel vector control tools. One such strategy involves the …