Companion crops alter olfactory responses of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and its larval endoparasitoid (Cotesia icipe)

E Peter, A Tamiru, S Sevgan, T Dubois… - Chemical and Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Background The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a devastating invasive pest
and a threat to food security in Africa, with yield losses of 20–50%. Recent studies …

Orchestrating of native Phalaenopsis flower scents lighted the way through artificial selective breeding partiality in the current resource utilization

J Chen, X Zhu, R Zheng, Y Tong, Y Peng, K Xie… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human beings have disturbed the original characters of plants through interspecies
hybridization, especially for economically producing cultivars with enhanced traits …

Determination of optimal harvesting time for essential oil and estragole yield in bitter fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) growing in culture conditions

A Sanli, FZ Ok - South African Journal of Botany, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was carried out in order to determine the most suitable harvest period for high
essential oil and estragole yield in perennial fennel plants grown under culture conditions …

Constituents from Ageratina pichinchensis and Their Inhibitory Effect on Nitric Oxide Production

M Sánchez-Ramos, A Guerrero-Alonso… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, we report on the isolation, purification, and anti-inflammatory evaluation of
compounds from the plant species Ageratina pichinchensis. Using open-column …

Chemical diversity and redox values change as a function of temporal variations of the essential oil of a tropical forest shrub

C Costa-Oliveira, JG Gouvêa-Silva, D Brito Machado… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the chemical phenotypical variability of Piper lhotzkyanum Kunth
(Piperaceae), a shrub found in Brazilian tropical forests, over time (different periods of the …

Field effectiveness of some essential oil emulsions against the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (GENN.) that infest potato plants in Egypt

TF Wahba, EA Abd-Elatef, MN Wahba - Journal of Plant Diseases and …, 2024 - Springer
Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, nymphs and sucking sap adults, is one of the most damaging pests
of potato, Solanum tuberosum. Excessive use of pesticides causes environmental pollution …