This paper focuses on identifying pesticides uses in the protection of cocoa tree. To do this, a survey was conducted among 129 randomly selected cocoa producers in the Daloa zone in Côte d'Ivoire. The results showed that 79.84% of the producers interviewed, use pesticides. Twenty-seven (27) pesticides were identified; among them, 24 were insecticides, 3 were fungicides, and two were not licensed. More than 50% of the insecticides used by famers were neonicotinoids combined with pyrethroids. None of the pesticides was termiticide although termite damage was cited as major. Fiftythree point four percent (53.4%) of producers store pesticides in their house. Empty packs and containers are abandoned in nature after being used by 96% of surveyed farmers, while 4% reused them. The results indicated that producers should be well sensitized on good agricultural practice.

Fruit flies are a major pest of mangoes and other fruits in Côte d'Ivoire. In order to effectively control fruit flies, a test to evaluate the effectiveness of Great Fruit Fly Bait (GFFB) containing the active ingredient, Abamectin, was carried out in three orchards in the Odienné department. The reference control was the Success Appat (GF-120) added to an untreated control. The treatment was carried out on the entire elementary plot once a week for seven weeks. The treatment consisted of spraying the foliage of each treated tree (the fruits were not treated). After seven weeks of application, 100 mangoes were randomly harvested from each elementary plot. Those that are bitten were counted and incubated in the laboratory until the emergence of adult flies that were then identified. The results obtained on the three (3) orchards show that the level of mango infestation was low in orchards treated with GFFB (0.45 pupa per fruit per weight for the 1 Litre/ha dose and 0.04 pupa per fruit per weight for the 1.5 Litre/ha dose) and GF120 (0.36 pupe per fruit per weight). In contrast, in untreated plots, infestation levels were high (12.47 pupae per

The present study is part of a vast program of the valorization of the medicinal flora and to help the populations to make a real profit from the use of plants in order to avoid any problem of poisoning. Petroselinum crispum Mill. (Apiaceae) is a plant, whose therapeutic virtues are diverse. The toxicological aspect of the aqueous extract of Petroselinum crispum leaves in male and female rats was investigated. The acute toxicity study with the single dose of 5000 mg/Kg body weight shows that the aqueous extract from the leaves of Petroselinum crispum is not toxic orally. According to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guideline 423, the oral LD50 for this extract is greater than 5000 mg/kg body weight. In addition, the sub-acute toxicity study (OECD 407) showed that the aqueous extract from the leaves of Petroselinum crispum did not show any toxic effects at doses 50,100 and 200 mg/kg body weight and would have an orexigenic effect after 28 days of treatment. The different histological sections showed that the aqueous extract of Petroselinum crispum is not toxic on the vital organs and appears to be hepatoprotective.