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 …

The development and use of entomopathogens as classical, conservation and augmentative
biological control agents have included a number of successes and some setbacks in the …

Abstract Pavela R.(2016): History, presence and perspective of using plant extracts as
commercial botanical insecticides and farm products for protection against insects–a review …

Botanical insecticides provide a multitude of chemistries for the development of new pest
management products. Despite relatively low rates of expansion of botanically based …

In the fight against arthropod crop pests using plant secondary metabolites, most research
has focussed on the identification of bioactive molecules. Several hundred candidate plant …

Bruchids are most pernicious pest of stored grain pulses, especially in the tropical and
subtropical areas. They penetrate into the fully grown matured pods, grains in fields and also …

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 …

Conventional wisdom holds that Sub-Saharan African farmers use few modern inputs
despite the fact that most growth-inducing and poverty-reducing agricultural growth in the …

The resurgence of interest on natural substances and their progressive affirmation in the
market open doors for novel marketed products, with intrinsic original approaches. Evident …

The rapid spread of highly aggressive arboviruses, parasites, and bacteria along with the
development of resistance in the pathogens and parasites, as well as in their arthropod …