Essential oils in stored product insect pest control

O Campolo, G Giunti, A Russo, V Palmeri… - Journal of Food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Among botanical extracts used as insecticides, essential oils (EOs) are promising
alternatives to chemical insecticides. EOs are synthesized by plants, and they play a key role …

The repellent effect of plants and their active substances against the beetle storage pests

M Kłyś, N Malejky, M Nowak-Chmura - Journal of Stored Products Research, 2017 - Elsevier
This review compares research techniques, plant species and forms of their application in
worldwide studies on the repellent activity of plant material against storage pests, such as …

Essential Oil-Based Nano-Biopesticides: Formulation and Bioactivity against the Confused Flour Beetle Tribolium confusum

D Palermo, G Giunti, F Laudani, V Palmeri, O Campolo - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Post-harvest pest control can rely on few approved pesticides and tools; hence, there is a
rising interest in new sustainable, eco-friendly approaches. In this study, eight commercial …

Repellence and acute toxicity of a nano-emulsion of sweet orange essential oil toward two major stored grain insect pests

G Giunti, D Palermo, F Laudani, GM Algeri… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Control strategies in stored-product facilities mainly rely on synthetic pesticides. The
development of new environmentally friendly alternatives, such as essential oils (EOs), is a …

Preparation and characterization of cellulose/ZnO nanoparticles extracted from peanut shells: Effects on antibacterial and antifungal activities

H Terea, D Selloum, A Rebiai, A Bouafia… - Biomass Conversion and …, 2023 - Springer
This work aims to recycle peanut shells (residues) to use them as raw materials to produce
nanocrystal cellulose. Two methods were used to synthesis zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO …

Bioactivity of essential oil-based nano-biopesticides toward Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

G Giunti, O Campolo, F Laudani, L Zappalà… - Industrial crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Essential oils (EOs) are promising active ingredients to produce biopesticides, although their
physicochemical characteristics are a critical issue to develop commercial formulates …

The potential of chitosan-based film with curry leaf essential oil as natural insect-repellent food packaging

RNF Nazurah, MA Noranizan… - Food Packaging and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research investigated the effect of curry leaf essential oil (CLEO) on the properties of
chitosan-based film and its potential as a natural insect-repellent film. CLEO was added at …

Toxicity and biochemical efficacy of chemically characterized Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil against Sitophilus oryzae and Oryzaephilus surinamensis

S Kiran, B Prakash - Industrial Crops and Products, 2015 - Elsevier
The study explores the efficacy of Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil (EO) as a plant based
insecticide and its effect on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and antioxidant enzyme system in …

Reconsidering Hydrosols as Main Products of Aromatic Plants Manufactory: The Lavandin (Lavandula × intermedia) Case Study in Tuscany

M Politi, L Menghini, B Conti, S Bedini, P Farina… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The present work evaluates for the first time two Lavandin (Lavandula× intermedia Emeric
ex Loisel.) aromatic waters obtained from different plant organs, the flowers and the stems …

Essential oil composition in natural populations of Pistacia lentiscus L. from Tunisia: Effect of ecological factors and incidence on antioxidant and …

O Aissi, M Boussaid, C Messaoud - Industrial Crops and Products, 2016 - Elsevier
Essential oil leaves of 14 Tunisian Pistacia lentiscus L.(Anacardiaceae) populations,
growing wild in three bioclimatic zones, were analyzed by GC-FID and GC⿿ MS. The …