Currently, scientific publications are focusing on the pharmacological actions of Citrus limon's extract and essential oil. Its oil is rich in bioactive monoterpenoids, such as D-limonene, β-pinene, γ-terpinene. limon oils have been recognized potential source natural insecticides because their selectivity, ability to be biologically degraded into non-toxic compounds, low impacts biodiversity e...

For millennia, people have utilized essential oil-rich plants to control mosquitoes and other hematophagous insects. A review of the literature found that terpenoids "sesquiterpenoid-rich oils" were effective in mosquito control. Due benign impression successful prevention bites, there has been a recent surge acceptance biobased agents as solutions, conjunction with worldwide ...

Yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée), (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), YPM) and maize ear rot are important pests diseases of (Zea mays L., (Poales: Poaceae)). In recent years, YPM has become the most destructive pest in Huang-Huai-Hai summer region China via tunneling larvae into ears. Interestingly, infestation aggravates occurrence causes heavier yield loss field. However, few studi...

Fabric functionalization to obtain omniphobic textiles is an increasing trend due science and technology push in our current society. Fluorochemicals dominate the water oil-repellent textile finishing market because of their excellent performance. However, fluorinated chemicals release harmful substances giving rise serious damage ecosystems worldwide. In this paper, a series fluorine-free, low...

The red bud borer Resseliella oculiperda (Rübs.) is a pest insect of apple trees when rootstocks are grafted with scion buds by 'shield budding'. The female midges are attracted to the wounds of the grafted buds where they lay their eggs. The larvae feed on the cambium and destroy the buds completely or partially, leading to bad union of the buds with the rootstocks. Budding strips are used ver...

Essential oils (EOs) extracted from aromatic plants have been well recognized for their insect repellent properties. Although EOs are effective when freshly applied, protective effect usually dissipates quickly due to low chemical stability and rapid volatilization of ingredients. To address this issue, encapsulation in carrier materials at the nanoscale is proposed. In study, oil-in-water (O/W...

The investigations of superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning surfaces have been given a lot of attention in the last few decades. The surfaces having water contact angle larger than 90° are termed as hydrophobic surfaces and those which exhibit contact angle higher than 150° are said to be superhydrophobic. Such surfaces were first observed in nature in various plants and animals, for example, l...

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 ...