ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Phytotoxicity of Essential Oils: Opportunities and Constraints for the Development of Biopesticides. A Review.
Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Invasive plant species for sustainable security and agricultural biocontrol: integrating allelopathic essential oils and defensive barriers.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Pooled it
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- Cardamom Essential Oil Exerts a Curative Effect Against Kiwifruit Bacterial Canker but Fails to Activate Host Defense Mechanisms.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Valorization of reactivated carbon and recovered nutrients from gas adsorption filters for sustainable fertilization.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Essential Oil Formulations FromFood science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Microalgae and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture: Biostimulants and Biofertilizers to Improve Soil Health and Plant Stress Resilience.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Efficacy of Certain Monoterpenes as Antifungal Agents and Abiotic Elicitors Against Chocolate Spot Disease of Faba Beans Caused byPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil as a Natural Plant Protection Agent: Chemical Profile, Antimicrobial Activity, and Defence Induction.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with Cosmos bipinnatus essential oil for sustainable management of plant parasitic nematodes.Discover nano · 2026Article
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- Targeted phytotherapy: essential oils, multi-target cancer action & nanodelivery.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Species- and endpoint-dependent phytotoxic responses of maize and lettuce toFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial Potential of Six Plant Essential Oils AgainstPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bioactivity of Essential Oils from Three Species of Mentha L. Against Plutella Xylostella (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae).Neotropical entomology · 2025Article
- Effect ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Essential Oils as Bioinsecticides AgainstInsects · 2025Article
- Herbicidal Formulations with Plant-Based Compounds to ControlPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The extensive use of chemical pesticides leads to risks for both the environment and human health due to the toxicity and poor biodegradability that they may present. Farmers therefore need alternative agricultural practices including the use of natural molecules to achieve more sustainable production methods to meet consumer and societal expectations. Numerous studies have reported the potential of essential oils as biopesticides for integrated weed or pest management. However, their phytotoxic properties have long been a major drawback for their potential applicability (apart from herbicidal application). Therefore, deciphering the mode of action of essential oils exogenously applied in regards to their potential phytotoxicity will help in the development of biopesticides for sustainable agriculture. Nowadays, plant physiologists are attempting to understand the mechanisms underlying their phytotoxicity at both cellular and molecular levels using transcriptomic and metabolomic tools. This review systematically discusses the functional and cellular impacts of essential oils applied in the agronomic context. Putative molecular targets and resulting physiological disturbances are described. New opportunities regarding the development of biopesticides are discussed including biostimulation and defense elicitation or priming properties of essential oils.
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