“…Their rapid breakdown in the environment, together with low accumulation in the soil organic matter, can help to decrease the degradation of agricultural soils (Ansari et al, 2012;Archana Singh, 2014;Blázquez, 2014;Carrubba and Catalano, 2009;Pavela and Benelli, 2016;Raja, 2013). Botanical pesticides have been shown to provide effective control of different species of agricultural pests, in many cases being more effective than synthetic chemicals, due to their varied mechanisms of action (Sola et al, 2014a,b;Tambwe et al, 2014;Oliveira et al, 2017;Štefanidesová et al, 2017). An important point is that the formulation of new commercial products (using, for example, nanotechnological techniques) could further enhance the performance of these natural compounds, reducing both the dosages required and their toxicity towards nontarget organisms, especially the soil microbiota (Chhipa, 2017;de Oliveira et al, 2014;Mattos et al, 2017;Mossa, 2016).…”