The indiscriminate use of chemical acaricides has allowed Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus to develop resistance to several active principles. However, botanical extracts have been tested as an alternative method to ...

The vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus) is a major pest in vineyards and is widespread in most grape-growing areas, however, to date; few organic products have been tested to combat them. Mealybugs have an important waxy ...

C. Cabrera, and G. Montenegro. 2013. Pathogen control using a natural Chilean bee pollen extract of known botanical origin. Cien. Inv. Agr. 40(1):223-230. Bee pollen is a product from beehives that is contained in corbiculae, ...

Extracts of leaves of Schinus molle Rev L. (Anacardiaceae) obtained with water or ethanol as solvents were evaluated in the laboratory for their insecticidal effect on adults of the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola ...