Reducing pesticide use has become a goal shared by several European countries and a
major issue in public policies due to the negative impacts of pesticides on the environment …

Simple Summary Insect pheromones are specific natural compounds that meet modern pest
control requirements, ie, species-specificity, lack of toxicity to mammals, environmentally …

Pesticides are widely used in producing food to control pests. However, it has been
determined that synthetic pesticides present severe toxicity (residual), while they also result …

Semiochemicals are chemical compounds that are released by many species as a means of
intra-and interspecific communication. Insects have extremely advanced olfactory systems; …

Abstract With approximately 83,000 species described, Curculionidae is the largest family of
beetles, comprising more than 80% of all weevil species worldwide. Many species of …

One of the biggest global challenges for our societies is to provide natural resources to the
rapidly expanding population while maintaining sustainable and ecologically friendly …

Rapid evolution is ubiquitous in nature. We briefly review some of this quite broadly,
particularly in the context of response to anthropogenic disturbances. Nowhere is this more …

Considered as economically significant pests with worldwide distribution, aphids feed on
hundreds of cultivated and ornamental plants and cause considerable economic loss on a …

Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) has killed millions of hectares of pine
forests in western North America. Beetle success is dependent upon a community of …

The purpose of the study was to determine the chemical composition and antibacterial
activity of Lippia multiflora Moldenke essential oils (EOs) collected in different regions of …