Long-lasting insecticide treated netting (LLIN) has a number of potential uses for the control insect pests. Using such netting, stored products may be protected from insects including khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium Everts, Coleoptera: Dermestidae) widespread pest many agricultural commodities. Here we first examined whether brief exposures larvae to LLIN, less than 30 min, decreased chanc...

In order to search for bio-rational and eco-friendly pest control agents protect crops from insect infestation, while avoiding the toxic hazards of chemical pesticides, essential oils (EOs) were hydrodistilled Juniperus procera Thymus vulgaris analyzed using gas chromatography–flame ionization detection (GC–FID), chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Eugenol (71.3%), β-caryophyllene (11.8%)...