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Neem and Gliricidia Plant Leaf Extracts Improve Yield and Quality of Leaf Mustard by Managing Insect Pests' Abundance Without Harming Beneficial Insects and Some Sensory Attributes.

Rowland Maganizo Kamanga, Salifu Bhikha, Felix Dalitso Kamala, Vincent Mgoli Mwale, Yolice Tembo, Patrick Alois Ndakidemi

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Rowland Maganizo KamangaDepartment of Horticulture, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe P.O. Box 219, Malawi.ORCID 0000-0002-6207-6057
Salifu BhikhaDepartment of Forestry, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe P.O. Box 219, Malawi.
Felix Dalitso KamalaDepartment of Forestry, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe P.O. Box 219, Malawi.
Vincent Mgoli MwaleDepartment of Horticulture, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe P.O. Box 219, Malawi.ORCID 0009-0004-0631-602X
Yolice TemboDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe P.O. Box 219, Malawi.
Patrick Alois NdakidemiSchool of Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha P.O. Box 447, Tanzania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Production and consumption of vegetable crops has seen a sharp increase in the recent past owing to an increasing recognition of their nutraceutical benefits. In tandem, there has been unwarranted application of agrochemicals such as insecticides to enhance productivity and vegetable quality, at the cost of human health, and fundamental environmental and ecosystem functions and services. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of neem and gliricidia botanical extracts in managing harmful insect pest populations in leaf mustard. Our results report that neem and gliricidia plant extracts enhance the yield and quality of leaf mustard by reducing the prevalence and feeding activity of harmful insect pests in a manner similar to synthetic insecticides. Some of the key insect pests reduced were

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beneficial insectsbotanical extractsgliricidiaintegrated pest managementneemsensory attributes

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PMCPMC11856621

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