Sustainable agriculture aims to meet the food needs of the growing world population while
ensuring minimal impact on the environment and humans as well as productivity. Although …

Academic interest in plant natural products with insecticidal properties has continued to
grow in the past 20 years, while commercialization of new botanical insecticides and market …

Biopesticides have attracted attention in pest management in recent decades, and have
long been promoted as prospective alternatives to synthetic pesticides. Biopesticides have …

Global increase in the population and degradation of environment possess a challenge to
crop production worldwide and it is a need of hour to find solutions for abiotic stress, pests …

Concerning human and environmental health, safe alternatives to synthetic pesticides are
urgently needed. Many of the currently used synthetic pesticides are not authorized for …

There is a popular demand for more natural means of pest management, including weed
management, as well as a demand by farmers for herbicides with new chemistries and/or …

Late blight caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans is considered to be one of the
most severe diseases of potato and tomato worldwide. Whilst current synthetic fungicides …

Pesticides constitute an integral part of modern agriculture. However, there are still concerns
about their effects on non-target organisms. To address this the European Commission has …

Microbial biological control agents (MBCAs) against pests and diseases in crops are
regarded as sustainable tools in integrated pest management. In the European Union …

Plant pathogens cause significant crop losses worldwide and present significant challenges
to reliable food systems. The hemibiotroph Phytophthora capsici is ranked within the top 10 …