Optimization of crop production in recent times has become essential to fulfil food demands
of constantly increasing human populations worldwide. To address this formidable …

Despite the increasing use of pesticides in tropical countries, research and legislative efforts
have focused on their temperate counterparts. This paper presents a review of the literature …

Microbes play a major role in medical technology, food processing, biotechnology,
agriculture and many other fields. The major route of pesticide exposure to microbes in the …

Deltamethrin is one of the most commonly used pyrethroid in agricultural practice in different
geographic regions of the world. It is detected in many environments, especially in soil and …

Carbaryl (a carbamate insecticide) and cypermethrin (a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide) are
extensively used in agriculture. However, the presence of these insecticides in the …

In light of the rapidly growing human population, extensive pesticides have been utilized to
maximize crop production. This has become a major environmental concern. To assess the …

This is the first report describing the effect of imidacloprid applied at field rate (FR, 1 mg/kg of
soil) and 10 times the FR (10* FR, 10 mg/kg of soil) on the structural, genetic and …

Simple Summary The name 'wireworm'refers to the subterranean larvae of click beetle
(Coleoptera: Elateridae) species, of which several are serious pests of a wide range of …

Pesticide contamination of the environment can result from agricultural practices.
Persistence of pesticide residues is a threat to the soil biota including plant roots and …

Fungicides are considered to be effective crop protection chemicals in modern agriculture.
However, they can also exert toxic effects on non-target organisms, including soil-dwelling …