[HTML][HTML] Biocontrol potential of essential oils in organic horticulture systems: From farm to fork

Y Chang, PF Harmon, DD Treadwell, D Carrillo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, increasing attention has been paid to food safety and organic
horticulture. Thus, people are looking for natural products to manage plant diseases, pests …

Plant extracts-importance in sustainable agriculture

K Godlewska, D Ronga, I Michalak - Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2021 - agronomy.it
Plants due to the high content of various bioactive compounds are the main raw material for
production of valuable, and useful bio-products (eg., food, cosmetics, medicines …

Plant essential oils as biocides in sustainable strategies for the conservation of cultural heritage

R Russo, F Palla - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biodeterioration is a complex network of interactions between macro/micro-biological
systems and organic/inorganic substrates involving physical and chemical alterations …

Evaluation of the composition and antimicrobial activities of essential oils from four species of Lamiaceae Martinov native to Iran

M Ghavam, G Bacchetta, I Castangia, ML Manca - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In this study the essential oils obtained from four different plant species belonging to the
Lamiaceae family were extracted by means of hydrodistillation and their composition and …

Chemical and Biochemical Characterization of Essential Oils and Their Corresponding Hydrolats from Six Species of the Lamiaceae Family

CL Popa, A Lupitu, MD Mot, L Copolovici, C Moisa… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family are rich in essential oils (EOs) which are
intensively used for aromatherapy, food and beverage flavoring, alternative medicine …

Biocontrol activity of aromatic and medicinal plants and their bioactive components against soil-borne pathogens

B Greff, A Sáhó, E Lakatos, L Varga - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil-borne phytopathogens can have detrimental effects on both cereal and horticultural
crops resulting in serious losses worldwide. Due to their high efficiency and easy …

Methyl benzoate as a promising, environmentally safe insecticide: current status and future perspectives

MM Mostafiz, E Hassan, KY Lee - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The widespread use of synthetic chemical pesticides beginning in the late 1930s has
contributed to the development of insecticide resistance of many important species of pest …

Effects of Origanum vulgare essential oil and its two main components, carvacrol and thymol, on the plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea

H Hou, X Zhang, T Zhao, L Zhou - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background Botrytis cinerea causes serious gray mold disease in many plants. This
pathogen has developed resistance to many fungicides. Thus, it has become necessary to …

Evaluating the Efficacy of 30 Different Essential Oils against Varroa destructor and Honey Bee Workers (Apis mellifera)

M Hýbl, A Bohatá, I Rádsetoulalová, M Kopecký… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Worldwide, mass losses of honey bee colonies are being observed more
frequently due to Varroa mite infestation. Therefore, varroosis is considered a major problem …

Aqueous and ethanolic plant extracts as bio-insecticides—Establishing a bridge between raw scientific data and practical reality

WR Tavares, MC Barreto, AML Seca - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Global demand for food production is causing pressure to produce faster and bigger crop
yields, leading to a rampant use of synthetical pesticides. To combat the nefarious …