Plant-based pesticides: Potential of apiaceae essential oils

  • Sousa, Rose Marie Oliveira Ferreira de
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Publication date
November 2016

Abstract

Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências - Especialidade em BiologiaThe development of biopesticides follows a strong rising trend over the last two decades, and a continued growth of the global biopesticides market is forecasted. This phenomenon is largely supported by the growing awareness to environmentally friendly food production and the introduction of restrictive regulations for pesticides. In light of their multiples advantage over synthetic pesticides, biopesticides appear economical, eco-friendly and less prone to the development of resistance, and hence are expected to provide more environmentally sustainable methods of biocontrol (Czaja et al., 2015). In fact, biopesticides have been integrated in several pest and vector managemen...

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