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ReviewBiomolecules2022

Status and Prospects of Botanical Biopesticides in Europe and Mediterranean Countries.

Fatma Acheuk, Shereen Basiouni, Awad A Shehata, Katie Dick, Haifa Hajri, Salma Lasram, Mete Yilmaz, Mevlüt Emekci, George Tsiamis, Marina Spona-Friedl and 3 more

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Review in Biomolecules, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Rethinking microbial biopesticide development and uptake.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026
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  15. Menthone lowers H3K27ac levels to inhibitFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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  19. Phytochemical Study of Ethanol Extract ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Fatma AcheukLaboratory for Valorization and Conservation of Biological Resources, Faculty of Sciences, University M'Hamed Bougara of Boumerdes, Boumerdes 35000, Algeria.
Shereen BasiouniClinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt.
Awad A ShehataResearch and Development Section, PerNaturam GmbH, 56290 Gödenroth, Germany.
Katie DickHochschule Trier, Schneidershof, 54293 Trier, Germany.
Haifa HajriLaboratory of Molecular Physiology of Plants, Borj-Cedria Biotechnology Center, BP. 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia.
Salma LasramLaboratory of Molecular Physiology of Plants, Borj-Cedria Biotechnology Center, BP. 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia.
Mete YilmazDepartment of Bioengineering, Bursa Technical University, Bursa 16310, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0982-727X
Mevlüt EmekciDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Keçiören, Ankara 06135, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3441-0553
George TsiamisLaboratory of Systems Microbiology and Applied Genomics, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5616-8505
Marina Spona-FriedlBavarian NMR Center, Structural Membrane Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
Helen May-SimeraInstitute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Wolfgang EisenreichBavarian NMR Center, Structural Membrane Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9832-8279
Spyridon NtougiasDepartment of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Vas. Sofias 12, 67132 Xanthi, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6389-692X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Concerning human and environmental health, safe alternatives to synthetic pesticides are urgently needed. Many of the currently used synthetic pesticides are not authorized for application in organic agriculture. In addition, the developed resistances of various pests against classical pesticides necessitate the urgent demand for efficient and safe products with novel modes of action. Botanical pesticides are assumed to be effective against various crop pests, and they are easily biodegradable and available in high quantities and at a reasonable cost. Many of them may act by diverse yet unexplored mechanisms of action. It is therefore surprising that only few plant species have been developed for commercial usage as biopesticides. This article reviews the status of botanical pesticides, especially in Europe and Mediterranean countries, deepening their active principles and mechanisms of action. Moreover, some constraints and challenges in the development of novel biopesticides are highlighted.

Indexed as

InsecticidesPesticidesBiological Control AgentsEuropeHumansPlantsBiological Control AgentsInsecticidesPesticidesbioactive substancesbotanical fungicidesbotanical herbicidesbotanical insecticidesmechanism of actionMediterranean region

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PMID35204810
PMCPMC8869379

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