Tetranychus truncatus Ehara (Acari: Tetranychidae) is one of the serious pests that infests different agricultural crops in field and greenhouse crops, its distribution limited to mostly Asian countries. The experiments were conducted know effectiveness concentrations bifenazate against T. truncatus, evaluate compare demographic parameters on host plant Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet (Fabaceae), w...

Azadirachtin is a biorational insecticide commonly reported as selective to a range of beneficial insects. Nonetheless, only few studies have been carried out with pollinators, usually emphasizing the honeybee Apis mellifera and neglecting other important pollinator species such as the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Here, lethal and sublethal effects of azadirachtin were studied on B. terrestris ...

Spodoptera frugiperda is a pest of worldwide importance, responsible for significant economic losses, mainly in maize crops. The use botanical derivatives emerges as promising alternative to control this insect pest. In work, we evaluated the effect ethanolic extracts (EE) and semi-purified fractions Acnistus arborescens Datura stramonium (Solanaceae) on biological development S. effects feedin...

Selectivity is an important factor in identifying candidate pesticides to be used in crop protection since it characterizes chemicals that, while being effective against target pests, exert an acceptable impact on the other components of the environment. Extrapolated to an integrated pest management (IPM) context, selectivity implies that candidate pesticides may preserve the ability of benefic...