Biopesticides as a promising alternative to synthetic pesticides: A case for microbial pesticides, phytopesticides, and nanobiopesticides

MS Ayilara, BS Adeleke, SA Akinola… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Over the years, synthetic pesticides like herbicides, algicides, miticides, bactericides,
fumigants, termiticides, repellents, insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides, and …

Electrochemical sensing mechanisms of neonicotinoid pesticides and recent progress in utilizing functional materials for electrochemical detection platforms

L Ding, J Guo, S Chen, Y Wang - Talanta, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The excessive residue of neonicotinoid pesticides in the environment and food poses a
severe threat to human health, necessitating the urgent development of a sensitive and …

Single and combined exposure to 'bee safe' pesticides alter behaviour and offspring production in a ground-nesting solitary bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa)

S Rondeau, NE Raine - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2024‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mounting evidence supporting the negative impacts of exposure to neonicotinoids on bees
has prompted the registration of novel 'bee-friendly'insecticides for agricultural use …

Insights into the microbial degradation and biochemical mechanisms of neonicotinoids

S Pang, Z Lin, W Zhang, S Mishra, P Bhatt… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Neonicotinoids are derivatives of synthetic nicotinoids with better insecticidal capabilities,
including imidacloprid, nitenpyram, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, and …

Enhanced biodegradation of thiamethoxam with a novel polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/sodium alginate (SA)/biochar immobilized Chryseobacterium sp H5

X **ang, X Yi, W Zheng, Y Li, C Zhang, X Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Long-term and extensive usage of thiamethoxam, the second-generation neonicotinoid
insecticide, has caused a serious threat to non-target organisms and ecological security …

Contribution of insect gut microbiota and their associated enzymes in insect physiology and biodegradation of pesticides

S Jaffar, S Ahmad, Y Lu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Synthetic pesticides are extensively and injudiciously applied to control agriculture and
household pests worldwide. Due to their high use, their toxic residues have enormously …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulator insecticides act on diverse receptor subtypes with distinct subunit compositions

W Lu, Z Liu, X Fan, X Zhang, X Qiao, J Huang - PLoS genetics, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are pentameric ligand-gated ion channels
mainly expressed in the central nervous system of insects. They are the directed targets of …

Toxicity of the insecticide sulfoxaflor alone and in combination with the fungicide fluxapyroxad in three bee species

C Azpiazu, J Bosch, L Bortolotti, P Medrzycki… - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
The sulfoximine insecticide sulfoxaflor is regarded as a potential substitute for
neonicotinoids that were recently banned in the EU due to their side effects on bees. Like …

GPCR–MAPK signaling pathways underpin fitness trade-offs in whitefly

B Fu, J Liang, J Hu, T Du, Q Tan, C He, X Wei… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - pnas.org
Trade-offs between evolutionary gain and loss are prevalent in nature, yet their genetic
basis is not well resolved. The evolution of insect resistance to insecticide is often …

Dual mutations in the whitefly nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β1 subunit confer target-site resistance to multiple neonicotinoid insecticides

C Yin, AO O'Reilly, SN Liu, TH Du, PP Gong… - PLoS …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Neonicotinoid insecticides, which target insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs),
have been widely and intensively used to control the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, a highly …