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Green Pesticides: Essential Oils as Biopesticides in Insect-pest Management

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Mossa, Abdel-Tawab H.·2016·Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

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The long-term applications of synthetic insecticides have resulted in residues accumulating in different environmental components.They have adverse effects on non-target organisms, ecosystems and human health.Therefore, bio-insecticides "Green pesticides" have posted as an alternative to synthetic insecticides in agriculture and public health sectors.The study presented here focuses on the prospects of essential oils (EOs) as bio-insecticides for insect pest management.In fact, many EOs have insecticidal, fumigant, antifeedant, attractive and repellent activities against a broad spectrum of insects with some selectivity.The EOs are a complex of chemical compounds with multiple modes of action that enhances their activity due to the synergistic action between constituents.Due to their volatility in nature, EOs are used as a fumigant against agriculture and storage food insects.Consequently, EO-based insecticides are very important for control stored insects because they are active against a variety of insects, fast penetrating and no toxic residues in the treated products.In contrast, some problems (e.g., volatility, solubility and oxidation) of EO-based insecticides were recorded, which plays an important role in the EOs activity, application and persistent.For this reason, new formulations with nanotechnology "Nanoformulation" can resolve these problems and offer numerous advantages.So, encapsulating the EOs has a considerable perspective as commercial insecticide products.Finally, EOs-based insecticides are low toxic, environmental persistence and eco-friendly.Therefore, they are not having worker re-entry and harvest restrictions after treating crops.They are compatible with biological control programs and indigenous natural enemies of pests.

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  • An essential oil may be extracted from a companion crop in a cropping system and studied to develop a biopesticide as a new artefact.

    “For instance, an essential oil may be extracted from a companion crop in a cropping system and studied to develop a biopesticide as a new artefact (Mossa 2016).”

    From Designing agroecological systems across scales: a new analytical framework (2022) · cites this paper as Mossa 2016

    The Essential Oil Extraction Techniques section describes extracting oils from plants, and Essential Oils as Bioinsecticides describes their use as pesticides. The paper does not identify a companion crop in a cropping system as the source of the oil, so that specific example is not supported. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Mossa, A.-T. H.
Affiliations
National Research Centre (EG)
Corresponding author
Mossa, Abdel-Tawab H.
Venue
Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
Publisher
Science Alert
Published
2016-08-15
Volume
9
Issue
5
Pages
354-378
ISSN
1994-7887 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2508494631
Cited by
454
References
122
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 70 · 2022: 68 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 6
FWCI
23.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Research Centre
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect Pheromone Research and Control
Keywords
essential oils, biopesticides, insect pest management, green pesticides, insecticidal activity, fumigant activity, antifeedant activity, repellent activity, synergistic effect, stored product pests, nanoformulations, encapsulation, biological control compatibility

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