Screening of Insecticidal and Fungicidal Activities on 30 Species Chinese Herbal Medicines and Studies on the Insecticidal Ingredients of Euonymus Japonicus
Although the utilization of plant materials to protect field crops and stored commodities against insect attack has a long history, botanical pesticide plays a minor role in modern pesticide industry. In fact, insecticidal plant has given great contribution to modern pesticide in another aspect. It’s well known that many important pesticides, such as pyrethroids, carbamates and so on, were man-made pesticides designed according to the natural products. Chinese herbal medicine has been used in clin...