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Essential Oils for Pest Control in Agroecology

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews ((SARV,volume 15))

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Currently attention has been paid towards exploitation of higher plant products in plant pest management in view of the public concern over the level of pesticide residues in food and environment causing health and ecological problems. The indiscriminate use of synthetics in crop protection has also led to the development of resistant strains of pests. Amongst plant products, essential oils of different higher plants have been formulated for large scale application as botanical pesticides in eco-friendly management of different plant pests. These products have low mammalian toxicity and are cost effective. Such products of higher plant origin may be exploited as eco-chemical and bio-rational approach in management of crop pests. Unlike conventional insecticides that are based on a single active ingredient, plant-derived essential oils comprises an array of chemical compounds which act concertedly on both behavioral and physiological processes. Thus the chances of pests developing resistance to such substances are less likely. The current status and future prospects of botanical pesticides in eco-friendly management of different plant pests are reviewed and discussed.

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The authors are thankful to University Grants Commission, New Delhi for providing financial assistance in the form of Dr. D.S. Kothari postdoctoral fellowship.

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  1. Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Bio-Sciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, 171005, India

    Bhawana Srivastava & Anand Sagar

  2. Laboratory of Herbal Pesticide, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    Nawal Kishore Dubey

  3. G.B. Pant Institute for Himalayan Environment and Development Himachal Unit, Mohal-Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, 175125, India

    Lipika Sharma

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Srivastava, B., Sagar, A., Dubey, N.K., Sharma, L. (2015). Essential Oils for Pest Control in Agroecology. In: Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09132-7_8

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