Although chemical agents are currently the standard in pest control, entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are a commercially important biocontrol agent (BCA) and an important long-term …
Phytophagous insects pose a significant threat to global crop yield and food security. The need for increased agricultural output while reducing dependence on harmful synthetic …
Globally, biotic factors like insect pests and diseases as well as abiotic factors like fire, windstorms, and droughts influence the global forest ecosystem. Wood-boring pests (WBPs) …
L Sena, E Mica, G Valè, P Vaccino… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Climate change poses a major threat to global food security, significantly reducing crop yields as cause of abiotic stresses, and for boosting the spread of new and old pathogens …
Loss of biodiversity is a major hazard to ecological functions, according to scientists. Diversity is at jeopardy due to a number of factors, including changes in habitat, insecticides …
Insect pests present a substantial biological limitation on worldwide crop productivity, hence requiring the implementation of insecticides as the predominant approach to pest control …
HP Saini, M Meena, A Sahoo, T Mehta - Heliyon, 2025 - cell.com
Fabaceae is considered the third largest family of the plant kingdom, comprising of a large number of plants, belonging to 650 genera and 20,000 species of plants. Out of the various …
The emergence of forest insects as a result of climatic changes presents traditional management strategies with significant challenges. RNA interference (RNAi) has attracted …
Biotic stress caused by pests and pathogens is a significant challenge facing the agricultural industry worldwide. Chemical pesticides have traditionally been used to manage biotic …