Like all other plants, trees are vulnerable to attack by a multitude of pests and pathogens.
Current control measures for many of these diseases are limited and relatively ineffective …

Simple Summary Changing environmental parameters with the development of global
warming and the growing anthropogenic influence lead to the spread of insect pests in new …

Synthetic chemicals are extensively used to limit the substantial crop damage induced by
two closely related scale insects, the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and the …

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is the most toxic member of ochratoxins, a group of toxic secondary
metabolites produced by fungi. The most relevant species involved in OTA production in …

[EN] Mating disruption (MD) is a species-specific and environmentally friendly pest
management tactic based on the release of synthetic sex pheromones aiming to interrupt the …

The vine mealybug (VMB), Planococcus ficus, is a major grapevine pest worldwide, whose
chemical control is often unsatisfactory due to its cryptic behavior, insecticide resistance and …

Coffee is a worldwide commodity, and both coffee-producing and coffee-consuming
countries have real concerns about environmental problems and economic growth …

Plants are constantly interacting with the diverse microbial community as well as insect pests
throughout their life cycle. Due to their sessile nature, plants rely solely on the intracellular …

Simple Summary The toxicity of four insecticides and one fungicide commonly applied in
German (European) vineyards was evaluated on pupae and adults of the parasitoids …

Pesticide covers a wide range of compounds including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides,
rodenticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant growth regulators, and others. Among them …