Homemade botanical insecticides are widely used by subsistence and transitional farmers
in low-income countries. Their use is often driven by the limited availability or cost of …

The article presents the potential of botanicals in the management of Callosobruchus spp.,
the primary insect pest causing deterioration to a variety of stored legume grains. Different …

Results Modern investigations have supported the claims of the insecticidal activity of
several plants, including Allium sativum, Artemisia absinthium, Citrullus colocynthis, Laurus …

Blowflies are known vectors of many foodborne pathogens and unintentional human
ingestion of maggots by meat consumption may lead to intestinal myiasis. In fact, the control …

Protection of plants against herbivorous pests is an important aspect that guarantees
agricultural efficiency, ie, food provision to populations. Environmental, water and foodstuff …

The brilliant red Lilioceris merdigera (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) can spend its entire life
cycle on the cardenolide-containing plant Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley) and forms …

Ticks are very important ectoparasites transmitting diseases to animals and humans and
their natural control is an urgent need. The efficacy of nine novel aqueous plant extracts …

Background Rice is the agricultural commodity with the third highest worldwide production
and losses in rice storage due to insect pests may drastically affect the food availability for a …

The study is aimed to investigate the acaricidal effect of Allium sativum (garlic) and Allium
cepa (onion) oils on different stages of Boophilus annulatus hard tick. Engorged B …

Acne vulgaris is an inflammatory skin condition that affects virtually everyone at some point.
Papules, comedones, pustules, scarring, and nodules are standard features of the disease …