Researchers are increasingly looking to plants as sources of novel ingredients active
against vector-borne diseases. Medicinal plant extracts and their metabolites are an …

Ticks are very important ectoparasites transmitting diseases to animals and humans and
their natural control is an urgent need. The efficacy of nine novel aqueous plant extracts …

Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), is an important pest of many crops, with
an extremely wide host range. Management strategies using natural products, eg, plant …

The rebuilding of settlements after the 2004 Aceh tsunami has created a new home
environment. Human activities and behavior in managing new home environments have …

Toxicity of leaf powders and extracts of Euphorbia balsamifera, Lawsonia inermis,
Mitracarpus hirtus and Senna obtusifolia against Sitophilus zeamais was evaluated. The …

Entomocidal activity of ethanolic leaf extracts of four plant species namely Euphorbia
balsamifera Aiton, Lawsonia inermis L., Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC. and Senna obtusifolia L …

Numerous species of beetle attack agricultural storage items, causing significant economic
losses in terms of quantity and quality. The most harmful pest infesting dry stored produce is …

Laboratory studies were conducted to investigate the efficacy of some botanicals in the
management of Sitophilus zeamais Motsch infesting stored sorghum. The selected plant …

The bioefficacy of Plectranthus kirbii and Aguaria salicifolia leaf powders to protect stored
bean against infestation of Acanthoscelides obtectus was assessed. The ability of these …

Background: The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)(Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera)
is a pest of worldwide distribution and can cause destructive damage to stored grains. The …