Neonicotinoids (NEOs) are fourth generation pesticides, which emerged after
organophosphates, pyrethroids, and carbamates and they are widely used in vegetables …

Globally, agriculture has intensified during the past 50 years due to increased
mechanization, changes in the timing of farming operations, grassland conversion to …

Neonicotinoid use has increased rapidly in recent years, with a global shift toward
insecticide applications as seed coatings rather than aerial spraying. While the use of seed …

Neonicotinoids have been used to protect crops and animals from insect pests since the
1990s, but there are concerns regarding their adverse effects on nontarget organisms …

Neonicotinoid insecticides are being widely used and have raised concerns about negative
impacts on non-target organisms. However, there has been no large-scale, generalizable …

The present study is pertinent to photo-induced, hydrophilic, nano-calcite grown onto the
mercerized surface of polyester fabric (PF), treated with UV (10–50 min) and visible light (1 …

Neonicotinoids are neurotoxic insecticides widely used as seed treatments, but little is
known of their effects on migrating birds that forage in agricultural areas. We tracked the …

Chlorpyrifos (CP) is a class of organophosphorus (OP) pesticides, which find extensive
applications as acaricide, insecticide and termiticide. The use of CP has been indicated in …

Neonicotinoid insecticides (NENIs) have become increasingly common in recent decades in
the control of crop pests and other plant pathogens. It is undeniable that the practice …

Aerial insectivores (birds that forage on aerial insects) have experienced significant
population declines in North America. Numerous hypotheses have been proposed for these …