Worldwide pesticide usage and its impacts on ecosystem

A Sharma, V Kumar, B Shahzad, M Tanveer… - SN Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Pesticides are extensively used in modern agriculture and are an effective and economical
way to enhance the yield quality and quantity, thus ensuring food security for the ever …

Environmental fate and exposure; neonicotinoids and fipronil

JM Bonmatin, C Giorio, V Girolami, D Goulson… - … science and pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Systemic insecticides are applied to plants using a wide variety of methods, ranging from
foliar sprays to seed treatments and soil drenches. Neonicotinoids and fipronil are among …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural pesticides–friends or foes to biosphere?

P Rajak, S Roy, A Ganguly, M Mandi, A Dutta… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pesticides are integral components of modern agricultural practices. The primary benefit of
pesticide application includes immediate gain in terms of quality and quantity of food …

Neonicotinoid insecticides and their impacts on bees: a systematic review of research approaches and identification of knowledge gaps

O Lundin, M Rundlöf, HG Smith, I Fries, R Bommarco - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
It has been suggested that the widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides threatens bees,
but research on this topic has been surrounded by controversy. In order to synthesize which …

A comprehensive review of environmental fate and degradation of fipronil and its toxic metabolites

NS Singh, R Sharma, SK Singh, DK Singh - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of pesticides to increase crop production has become one of the inevitable
components of modern agriculture. Fipronil, a phenylpyrazoles insecticide, is one of the …

A review on Api-products: Current scenario of potential contaminants and their food safety concerns

A Sharma, K Pant, DS Brar, A Thakur, V Nanda - Food Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite being considered a 'superfood', Api-products (Honeybee-derived products) are also
linked with heterogeneous health risk factors such as toxic heavy metals, pathogens …

Frequently encountered pesticides can cause multiple disorders in developing worker honey bees

HVV Tome, DR Schmehl, AE Wedde, RSM Godoy… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticide exposure is regarded as a contributing factor to the high gross loss rates of
managed colonies of Apis mellifera. Pesticides enter the hive through contaminated nectar …

Transcriptome Analyses of the Honeybee Response to Nosema ceranae and Insecticides

J Aufauvre, B Misme-Aucouturier, B Viguès, C Texier… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are constantly exposed to a wide variety of environmental
stressors such as parasites and pesticides. Among them, Nosema ceranae and neurotoxic …

[PDF][PDF] Sub-lethal exposure to neonicotinoids impaired honey bees winterization before proceeding to colony collapse disorder.

CS Lu, KM Warchol, RA Callahan - 2014 - biokontroll.hu
Honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colony collapse disorder (CCD) that appeared in 2005/2006
still lingers in many parts of the world. Here we show that sub-lethal exposure of …

Parasite-insecticide interactions: a case study of Nosema ceranae and fipronil synergy on honeybee

J Aufauvre, DG Biron, C Vidau, R Fontbonne… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
In ecosystems, a variety of biological, chemical and physical stressors may act in
combination to induce illness in populations of living organisms. While recent surveys …