Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) comprise various organic chemicals which are released
as gases from different liquids or solids. The nature and impact of the health effects are …

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are vital for human health and constitute the skeletal
framework of many pharmaceutical drugs. Indeed, more than 25% of the existing drugs …

Plants are subjected to a plethora of environmental cues that cause extreme losses to crop
productivity. Due to fluctuating environmental conditions, plants encounter difficulties in …

Fall armyworm (FAW), a voracious agricultural pest native to North and South America, was
first detected on the African continent in 2016 and has subsequently spread throughout the …

Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives
arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular …

Terpenoids comprise tens of thousands of small molecule natural products that are widely
distributed across all domains of life. Plants produce by far the largest array of terpenoids …

Metabolite formation is a biochemical and physiological feature of plants developed as an
environmental response during the evolutionary process. These metabolites help defend …

Parasitoid wasps are important components of insect food chains and have played a central
role in biological control programs for over a century. Although the vast majority of …

Nerolidol (3, 7, 11-trimethyl-1, 6, 10-dodecatrien-3-ol) is a naturally occurring sesquiterpene
alcohol that is present in various plants with a floral odor. It is synthesized as an intermediate …

On the basis of the side effects of detrimental synthetic chemicals, introducing healthy,
available, and effective bioagents for pest management is critical. Due to this circumstance …