Diaphania hyalinata, Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera eridania are considered important pests in vegetable crops, causing significant production losses. The most common method for managing these is the use of synthetic insecticides that cause chain damage, from human health to environment. A less aggressive alternative botanical insecticides, such as essential oils, which present themselves p...

Alternative storage pest control that is more environmentally friendly than the use of synthetic chemical pesticides to botanical from plant essential oils, including clove (Syzygium aromaticum) which contains main compounds eugenol and trans-caryophyllene. To study various mechanisms action oils as insecticides could in silico approach through molecular docking. This aims predict dominant bind...

Chemical insecticides application for pest control pose serious impacts on human health and environment. Nowadays, intensified efforts to find safer and environmentally friendly alternatives have resulted in identification and production of some plant-derived natural ingredients that can use against insect pests. Amongst these plants, feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.Bip., from Asteracea...

One of the agricultural commodities that has a high selling value and consumption level is shallot (Alium ascalonicum). However, productivity shallots known to be susceptible plant-destroying organisms, such as caterpillar (Spodoptera exigua). Currently, most farmers control S. exigua using synthetic insecticides. Synthetic insecticides are poisonous use for long time period will cause resistan...