More than six decades after the onset of wide-scale commercial use of synthetic pesticides
and more than fifty years after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, pesticides, particularly …

Biorational insecticides are composed of natural products, including animals, plants,
microbes, and minerals, or are their derivates. The use of biorational products for the …

Highlights•Sublethal stress remains neglected within entomology in favor of short-term
mortality.•Sublethal stress in insecticide-resistant populations and insect communities is also …

The chemical composition, antibacterial and insecticidal potential of Anise, Peppermint,
Clove, Cinnamon, Pepper, Citronella and Camphor essential oils (EOs) extracted by steam …

Background The cereal weevil, Sitophilus zeamais is one of the most destructive pests of
stored cereals worldwide. Frequent use of fumigants for managing stored-product insects …

Background The use of synthetic insecticides is one of the most common strategies for
controlling disease vectors such as mosquitos. However, their overuse can result in serious …

Plant essential oils have been suggested as a suitable alternative for controlling stored
pests worldwide. However, very little is known about the physiological or behavioral …

Indoxacarb belongs to a class of insecticides known as oxadiazines and is the first
commercialized pyrazoline-type voltage-dependent sodium channel blocker. A moderate …

Environmental stress in newly-emerged adult insects can have dramatic consequences on
their life traits (eg, dispersion, survival and reproduction) as adults. For instance, insects …

Essential oils have been suggested as suitable alternatives for controlling insect pests.
However, the potential adaptive responses elicited in insects for mitigating the actions of …