Biopesticides as a promising alternative to synthetic pesticides: A case for microbial pesticides, phytopesticides, and nanobiopesticides

MS Ayilara, BS Adeleke, SA Akinola… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Over the years, synthetic pesticides like herbicides, algicides, miticides, bactericides,
fumigants, termiticides, repellents, insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides, and …

Sustainable crop and weed management in the era of the EU Green Deal: A survival guide

A Tataridas, P Kanatas, A Chatzigeorgiou… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agricultural systems in the EU have become more vulnerable and less sustainable due to an
overreliance on herbicides and the tremendous increase in herbicide-resistant weeds. The …

Design, synthesis, and biological activity determination of novel phenylpyrazole protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor herbicides containing five-membered …

L Zhao, K Chen, X He, Y Zou, S Gao… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO, EC 1.3. 3.4) inhibitor herbicides have attracted
widespread attention in recent years as ideal herbicides due to their high efficiency, low …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial-temporal distribution and potential risk of pesticides in ambient air in the North China Plain

M Zhao, J Wu, DM Figueiredo, Y Zhang, Z Zou… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The intensive use of pesticides in the North China Plain (NCP) has resulted in widespread
contamination of pesticides in the local atmosphere, posing risks to air quality and human …

Assessing herbicide efficacy of pelargonic acid on several weed species

D Loddo, KK Jagarapu, E Strati, G Trespidi, N Nikolić… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pelargonic acid is the most successful natural herbicide and can contribute to reducing
synthetic herbicides, but information on its efficacy is contrasting. Given its high cost, a …

Band herbicide application combined with inter-row cultivation as a sustainable weed management strategy for reducing herbicide use: A meta-analysis

C Ozaslan, S Gürsoy, A DiTommaso - Crop Protection, 2024 - Elsevier
Reducing herbicide use in cropping systems is an increasingly important objective in many
regions of the world. Band herbicide application combined with mechanical cultivation in …

Effects of herbicides on non-target plant species diversity and the community composition of fallow fields in northern China

Y Qi, J Li, X Guan, B Yan, G Fu, J He, L Du, C Zhao… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Despite the important ecological and agricultural production value of fallow field vegetation
in agricultural landscapes, it is often affected by herbicide drift and runoff from neighboring …

Mechanical Weed Control Systems: Methods and Effectiveness

M Zawada, S Legutko, J Gościańska-Łowińska… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This article presents a division of methods to support mechanical weeding based on
mechatronic control systems and estimates their effectiveness. The subject was undertaken …

Evaluating sensor-based mechanical weeding combined with pre-and post-emergence herbicides for integrated weed management in cereals

M Saile, M Spaeth, R Gerhards - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the increasing number of herbicide-resistant weed populations and the resulting
yield losses, weed control must be given high priority to ensure food security. Integrated …

Problems and perspectives in weed management

D Loddo, JS McElroy, V Giannini - Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2021 - agronomy.it
Despite the wide use of herbicides in the past century, their use is decreasing due to rising
resistance phenomena, the absence of discovery of new modes of action, and more …