Botanical insecticides in the twenty-first century—fulfilling their promise?

MB Isman - Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Application of nanotechnology for the encapsulation of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: prospects and promises

JL de Oliveira, EVR Campos, M Bakshi… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
This review article discusses the use of nanotechnology in combination with botanical
insecticides in order to develop systems for pest control in agriculture. The main types of …

A Review of Bioinsecticidal Activity of Solanaceae Alkaloids

S Chowański, Z Adamski, P Marciniak, G Rosiński… - Toxins, 2016 - mdpi.com
Only a small percentage of insect species are pests. However, pest species cause
significant losses in agricultural and forest crops, and many are vectors of diseases …

Pesticidal plants in Africa: A global vision of new biological control products from local uses

PC Stevenson, MB Isman, SR Belmain - Industrial Crops and Products, 2017 - Elsevier
Botanical insecticides provide a multitude of chemistries for the development of new pest
management products. Despite relatively low rates of expansion of botanically based …

Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods

Y Tembo, AG Mkindi, PA Mkenda, N Mpumi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
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 …

A renaissance for botanical insecticides?

MB Isman - Pest Management Science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Botanical insecticides continue to be a subject of keen interest among the international
research community, reflected in the steady growth in scientific publications devoted to the …

Efficacy of homemade botanical insecticides based on traditional knowledge. A review

J Dougoud, S Toepfer, M Bateman… - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2019 - Springer
Homemade botanical insecticides are widely used by subsistence and transitional farmers
in low-income countries. Their use is often driven by the limited availability or cost of …

Botanical pesticide production, trade and regulatory mechanisms in sub-Saharan Africa: making a case for plant-based pesticidal products

P Sola, BM Mvumi, JO Ogendo, O Mponda… - Food Security, 2014 - Springer
Pesticides are the major technology used in the management of field and postharvest losses
due to pests. There is growing demand for effective alternatives that present low health risks …

The Efficacy of Alternative, Environmentally Friendly Plant Protection Measures for Control of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda, in Maize

D Babendreier, L Koku Agboyi, P Beseh, M Osae… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
The invasive fall armyworm (FAW) is threatening maize production and the livelihoods of
millions of smallholder farmers in the newly invaded areas in Africa and Asia. To control this …

Natural enemy enhancement and botanical insecticide source: a review of dual use companion plants

BW Amoabeng, AC Johnson, GM Gurr - Applied entomology and zoology, 2019 - Springer
Intensive agriculture, which is associated with heavy inputs of synthetic insecticides, has
serious ecological impacts, leading to loss of vital ecosystem services including insect …