background & aim: the plants of the greenhouse have been affected by infestation of the pest trialeurodes vaporariorum, called greenhouse whitefly, which markedly reduced production. synthetic insecticides have been widely developed and, their extensive use has brought about disadvantages, like environmental disturbance, pest resistance, lethal effects on non target organisms and toxicity t...

In the context of agricultural pest management, botanical pesticides are best suited for use in organic food (agricultural) production, due to their safety humans and environment compared conventional pesticides. Compounds plant origin can be highly effective, with diverse multiple mechanisms action, while having low toxicity towards non-target organisms. However, large-scale application these ...

Field trials were laid in the farmer’s holdings at Kaalipalayam, Coimbatore district during August, 2011 to November, 2011 to assess the efficacy of selected botanical insecticides against aphids, thrips, leaf miners and defoliators infesting Solanum nigrum. The results of the experiments revealed that among the treatments, foliar spray of profenophos is found to be the best treatment for the m...

introduction: the harmful plant mites not only feed on crops, but also have irreversible damage to humans. the synthetic pesticides can be replaced with natural products for pest control. the agricultural products, health and hygienic of humans can be treated with harmful caused by the mites (wooley, 1988). the citrus red mite (crm) panonychus citri (mcgregor) (acarina: tetranychidae) is one of...