In the fight against arthropod crop pests using plant secondary metabolites, most research
has focussed on the identification of bioactive molecules. Several hundred candidate plant …

Pest management is being confronted with immense economic and environmental issues
worldwide because of massive utilization and over-reliance on pesticides. The non-target …

Plants with pesticidal properties have been investigated for decades as alternatives to
synthetics, but only a handful have been commercialised and developed as non-food cash …

Simple Summary Due to the banning of many synthetic pesticides, current intensive farming
systems require us to develop new approaches to integrated pest management. Devastating …

Plants with pesticidal properties have been investigated for decades as alternatives to
synthetics, but most progress has been shown in the laboratory. Consequently, research on …

Plants have evolved a plethora of secondary chemicals to protect themselves against
herbivores and pathogens, some of which have been used historically for pest management …

Herbivorous insects are responsible for large losses to agriculture through feeding damage
itself but also by vectoring pathogens such as viruses. Plants have evolved various …

Increased demand for food to feed the ever-growing population led to development and
adoption of synthetic chemicals as a quick and effective strategy of managing crop pests and …

Gesunde Pflanzen (2013) 65: 125–149 DOI 10.1007/s10343-013-0308-3 use in organic
food production in industrialized countries but can play a much greater role in the production …

Some concerns, especially environmental ones, lead the researchers to find new avenues of
insect control in agriculture. Considering negative effects of synthetic pesticides especially …