Synthetic Chemical Insecticides: Environmental and Agro Contaminants

Assessment of the effects of climate change on the occurrence of tomato invasive insect pests in Uganda

“…Additionally, the analysis of rainfall variability in Uganda has proven that extreme events such as floods and mainly droughts have distorted tomato productivity through diseases and insect pests, calling for adaptive measures to help farmers mitigate these challenges [ 46 ]. A study by Khan [ 47 ] showed that the population of leafhopper and Jassid was at their highest when relative humidity was reduced, which confirms the negative correlation between Rh and insect pest incidence in Kampala and Namutumba. At the same time, Chilo partelous propagates faster when relative humidity increases which might be the case of our study in Mbale where there is positive correlation between Rh and pest occurrence [ 18 ].…”

Improvement of pest control in stone fruits within an areawide strategy

“…Las poblaciones de G. molesta han mostrado una alta susceptibilidad hacia diferentes principios activos, como lo son spinetoram, metaflumizone, novaluron, tebufenozide, phosmet, pyriproxyfen, cyantraniliprole y chlorantraniliprole (6) (7) . Por lo tanto, los pesticidas cumplieron un rol en las producciones agrícolas consistente con su origen, ya que fueron concebidos como una herramienta para asegurar el bienestar humano (8) . Sin embargo, la constatación de daños colaterales por su uso, tales como problemas de residuos de agroquímicos en el ambiente, el hecho de que su uso abusivo puede provocar alteraciones en plagas secundarias y el rápido desarrollo de resistencia llevan a cuestionar cada vez más su utilización (9) (10) .…”

Insights Into Chemosensory Proteins From Non-Model Insects: Advances and Perspectives in the Context of Pest Management

“…This is manifest in neurological symptoms and some related diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, based on direct or exposure to these chemicals ( Hertzman et al, 1994 ; Kamel et al, 2005 ; Keifer and Firestone, 2007 ). Over the years, insects have managed to adapt to different classes insecticides resulted in developing resistance ( Heisey and Norton, 2007 ; Bass et al, 2014 ; Khan and Ahmad, 2019 ; Mohammed et al, 2019 ; Attia et al, 2020 ; Khan et al, 2020 ). For instance, the intensive use of transgenic corn with the insecticidal protein Cry1F has provoked resistance in some major corn pests, the codling moth Spodoptera frugiperda , affecting the economy and agriculture of Puerto Rico, Brazil and the United States ( Storer et al, 2010 ; Storer et al, 2012 ; Farias et al, 2014 ; Huang et al, 2014 ; Yang et al, 2016 ).…”