In the context of the major crop losses, pesticides will continue to play a key role in pest
management practice in absence of practical and efficient alternatives; however, increasing …

The biodiversity and biomass of insects is dramatically declining due to various
anthropogenic factors. One of these factors is the use of insecticides to protect plants from …

Insects are ubiquitous, crucial components of almost all terrestrial and fresh water
ecosystems. In agricultural settings they are subjected to, intentionally or unintentionally, an …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1435–1447 Abstract There is increasing evidence that some non‐
essential substances or environmental stressors can have stimulatory or beneficial effects at …

The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, is a major pest in soybean crop. Current
management of this pest relies mainly on insecticides applications, and the neonicotinoid …

Many studies report negative associations between exposure to large concentrations of
contaminants and life-history traits of animals. As a consequence, they argue to derive linear …

Abstract Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a major underground pest that damages
many agricultural crops in China and other countries. A diet-incorporation-based bioassay …

Both inhibitory and stimulatory (known as hormesis) effects of the sublethal flupyradifurone,
a butenolide insecticide, on Myzus persicae Sulzer (Hemiptera: Aphididae) were …

Hormesis is a biphasic phenomenon that in toxicology is characterized by low-dose
stimulation and high-dose inhibition. It has been observed in a wide range of organisms in …

Abstract Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a polyphagous pest worldwide.
Neonicotinoid insecticides, such as nitenpyram, are widely used for its control in cotton …