History, presence and perspective of using plant extracts as commercial botanical insecticides and farm products for protection against insects - a review

Botanical insecticides keep attracting more attention from environmental and small farmers worldwide as they are considered as a suitable alternative to synthetic insecticides. The use of secondary metabolites in a defensive manner isolated from plants is a tradition more than 3000 years old. Howeve...

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Published inPlant protection science Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 229 - 241
Main Author PAVELA, Roman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Prague Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) 01.01.2016
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Subjects
azadirachta
essential oils
Farms
Insecticides
Insects
mechanism of action
medicinal plants
Metabolites
Pesticides
Plant extracts
pyrethrum
Secondary metabolites
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Summary:Botanical insecticides keep attracting more attention from environmental and small farmers worldwide as they are considered as a suitable alternative to synthetic insecticides. The use of secondary metabolites in a defensive manner isolated from plants is a tradition more than 3000 years old. However, despite current intensive research, the assortment of suitable commercial products is very limited and insufficient in view of the global rise in the demand for biopesticides. Farm products as well as new basic substances offer an important perspective of being widely used in the protection against harmful insects due to their multiple undoubted benefits. These benefits, which are also drawbacks of botanical insecticides, as well as their history in addition to their presence and perspective are critically reviewed in this paper.
ISSN:1212-2580
1805-9341
DOI:10.17221/31/2016-PPS