Plants are sessile organisms and, in order to defend themselves against exogenous (a)
biotic constraints, they synthesize an array of secondary metabolites which have important …

Volatile compounds act as a language that plants use for their communication and
interaction with the surrounding environment. To date, a total of 1700 volatile compounds …

This review describes the major stored-product insect species and their resistance to
insecticides. The economic importance of the control of those pests is highlighted with a loss …

Plants respond to herbivory through different defensive mechanisms. The induction of
volatile emission is one of the important and immediate response of plants to herbivory …

The essential oils of aerial parts of three Artemisia species (A. absinthium, A. santonicum
and A. spicigera) were isolated by hydrodistillation method and tested for their toxicity …

Synthetic pesticides in general, are highly toxic, persistent and their harmful residues
contaminate crops, food commodities and pollute soils and groundwater. They adversely …

Arabidopsis is emerging as a model system to study the biochemistry, biological functions,
and evolution of plant terpene secondary metabolism. It was previously shown that the …

Fumigant toxicity of essential oils from rhizomes of Alpinia conchigera, Zingiber zerumbet,
Curcuma zedoaria and their major compounds; camphene, camphor, 1, 8-cineole, α …

New strategies have to be introduced for the management of agricultural and public health
insects to overcome the problems associated with long-term use of synthetic insecticides …

As an important pest on winter wheat, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) causes damage to the wheat
yield by sucking plant nutrients, transmitting plant viruses and producing mildew. R. padi has …