Carlina acaulis essential oil: A candidate product for agrochemical industry due to its pesticidal capacity

NG Kavallieratos, EP Nika, A Skourti, E Spinozzi… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carlina acaulis L. is a herb mainly used in central Europe as traditional medicine or food.
Recently, C. acaulis essential oil (EO) and its nanoemulsion showed elevated efficacy …

Acmella oleracea extracts as green pesticides against eight arthropods attacking stored products

NG Kavallieratos, E Spinozzi, CS Filintas… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Develo** sustainable control tools for managing noxious pests attacking stored foodstuffs
is a timely research challenge. Acmella oleracea (L.) RK Jansen is a crop widely cultivated …

Deltamethrin residual mission against Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer)(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) on concrete for six weeks

NG Kavallieratos, EP Nika, A Skourti… - Journal of Stored Products …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer)(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is an important pest of
stored-products and poultry houses. Despite the fact that there is knowledge about chemical …

Immediate and delayed mortality of different Alphitobius diaperinus developmental stages on chlorfenapyr-treated concrete

NG Kavallieratos, EP Nika, A Skourti… - Journal of Stored …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer)(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is a harmful species in
storages, threatening the safety of poultry facilities since acts as a vector of noxious …

Optimizing λ-cyhalothrin for the effective control of Alphitobius diaperinus: Temperature and food effect revealed

FL Muzio, N Eleftheriadou, MC Boukouvala… - Journal of Stored …, 2024 - Elsevier
The lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus, presents substantial challenges as a
secondary pest in global stored-product management, especially within the poultry industry …

The sublethal impacts of five insecticidal formulations on Oryzaephilus surinamensis behavioral traits

NG Kavallieratos, MC Boukouvala… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Mortality caused by various pyrethroids, and neonicotinoids has been
studied for stored‐product insects in the past, yet limited information exists on the sublethal …

Etofenprox vs. Alphitobius diaperinus adults: Residual efficacy on glass, plastic, wood, and ceramic surfaces

NG Kavallieratos, EP Nika, A Skourti… - Journal of Stored …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to assess the immediate and delayed residual mortality of two
doses of etofenprox (half label dose/label dose) against Alphitobius diaperinus …

Etofenprox guarding concrete for six weeks: immediate and delayed mortality of three major stored-product coleopterans

MC Boukouvala, NG Kavallieratos, EP Nika - Journal of Stored Products …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study addresses the residual efficacy of the pyrethroid insecticide etofenprox sprayed
on concrete surfaces for the management of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn)(Coleoptera …

Sustainable grain protectants: Recruiting entomopathogenic nematodes against stored-product coleopterans

NG Kavallieratos, E Karanastasi, EP Nika, A Skourti… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Stored-product commodities are attacked by numerous insect species. The adulticidal
effects of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) on grains remain uninvestigated. Thus, in …