To meet the demands for food of the expanding world population, there is need of new ways
for protecting plant crops against predators and pathogens while avoiding the use of …

Insect pests and pathogens (fungi, bacteria and viruses) are responsible for severe crop
losses. Insects feed directly on the plant tissues, while the pathogens lead to damage or …

Lead (Pb) is an environmental pollutant extremely toxic to plants and other living organisms
including humans. To assess Pb phytotoxicity, experiments focusing on germination of …

Overweight and obesity are constantly increasing, not only in Western countries but also in
low‐middle‐income ones. The decrease of both the intake of carbohydrates and their …

Alpha-amylases are major digestive enzymes that act in the first step of maltopolysaccharide
digestion. In insects, these enzymes have long been studied for applied as well as purely …

The present review assesses the potential of the Phaseolus vulgaris α-amylase inhibitor
isoform 1 (α-AI1) starch blockers as a widely used remedy against obesity and diabetes …

RNA interference (RNAi) approaches have been applied as a biotechnological tool for
controlling plant insect pests via selective gene down regulation. However, the inefficiency …

Coarse woody debris is an important biomass pool in forest ecosystems that numerous
groups of insects have evolved to take advantage of. These insects are ecologically …

Bioinsecticidal effects of methanol extracts from seven plant species on Tribolium
castaneum were investigated. Centaurium erythraea, Peganum harmala, Ajuga iva …

Climate change will bring more drought periods that will have an impact on the irrigation
practices of some crops like tomato, from standard water regime to deficit irrigation. This will …