Botanical insecticides and insecticidal soaps are promising alternatives for use in insect management. However, like conventional synthetic insecticides, these products have advantages and ...

A community volunteer uses a motorised spray to apply pesticide on February 25, 2020 at a locust hatch site in eastern Kenya. Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images Swarming locusts are famous for ...

Natural pesticides can be an excellent tool in your arsenal against insect pests, which have the potential to turn your lush garden into their own insect all-you-can-eat buffet. Fortunately, making ...

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (FAW) is a cosmopolitan crop pest species that has been a long-established pest in the Americas 1 but has only recently ...

Increasing concerns about the environmental and health impacts of synthetic insecticides have inspired the search for safer pest control strategies, and plant essential oils are considered as ...