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Most cited papers in Insect Pest Control Strategies

What are the most cited papers in Insect Pest Control Strategies?

The most cited paper in Insect Pest Control Strategies is "Essential oils: their antibacterial properties and potential applications in foods—a review" (Sara A. Burt, 2004), with 10,472 citations. Next come "Crop losses to pests" (5,147) and "BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES, DETERRENTS, AND REPELLENTS IN MODERN AGRICULTURE AND AN INCREASINGLY REGULATED WORLD" (3,850).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 675 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
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1 Essential oils: their antibacterial properties and potential applications in foods—a review Sara A. Burt · International Journal of Food Microbiology 9 Jun 2004 10,472
2 Crop losses to pests Erich-Christian Oerke · The Journal of Agricultural Science 9 Dec 2005 5,147
3 BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES, DETERRENTS, AND REPELLENTS IN MODERN AGRICULTURE AND AN INCREASINGLY REGULATED WORLD Murray B. Isman · Annual Review of Entomology Review 11 Jul 2005 3,850
4 Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and other plant extracts Katherine A. Hammer, Christine F Carson, T. V. Riley · Journal of Applied Microbiology Jun 1999 2,574
5 Plant Immunity to Insect Herbivores Gregg A. Howe, Georg Jander · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 21 Nov 2007 2,475
6 Plant essential oils for pest and disease management Murray B. Isman · Crop Protection Sep 2000 2,464
7 A study of the minimum inhibitory concentration and mode of action of oregano essential oil, thymol and carvacrol Ronald J.W. Lambert, Panagiotis N. Skandamis, Peter John Coote et al. · Journal of Applied Microbiology 12 Sep 2001 2,452
8 Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Resistance to Synthetic and Natural Xenobiotics Xianchun Li, Mary A. Schuler, May R. Berenbaum · Annual Review of Entomology Review 22 Aug 2006 2,191
9 The Consumption and Utilization of Food by Insects Gilbert P. Waldbauer · Advances in insect physiology Book chapter 1968 1,958
10 Chemical Pesticides and Human Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture P. Nicolopoulou‐Stamati, Sotirios Maipas, Chrysanthi Kotampasi et al. · Frontiers in Public Health Open access 17 Jul 2016 1,898
11 Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites Noa Simon‐Delso et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research Open access 18 Sep 2014 1,834
12 First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa Georg Goergen, P. Lava Kumar, Sagnia B. Sankung et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 27 Oct 2016 1,765
13 Antibacterial activity of plant extracts and phytochemicals on antibiotic-resistant bacteria Gislene G. F. Nascimento, Juliana Locatelli, Paulo Chanel Deodato de Freitas et al. · Brazilian Journal of Microbiology Open access Oct 2000 1,646
14 Insecticide Resistance in Insect Vectors of Human Disease Janet Hemingway, Hilary Ranson · Annual Review of Entomology Review 2000 1,605
15 Anti-infective potential of natural products: How to develop a stronger in vitro ‘proof-of-concept’ Paul Cos, Arnold J. Vlietinck, Dirk Vanden Berghe et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology 19 Apr 2006 1,604
16 Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology G. T. Brooks · Insect Biochemistry 1985 1,597
17 Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate Curtis Anthony Deutsch, Joshua J. Tewksbury, Michelle Tigchelaar et al. · Science 30 Aug 2018 1,516
18 Use of phytogenic products as feed additives for swine and poultry1 Wilhelm M. Windisch, Karl Schedle, Christian Plitzner et al. · Journal of Animal Science 11 Dec 2007 1,515
19 T HE L IPOXYGENASE P ATHWAY Ivo Feußner, Claus H. Wasternack · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review Jun 2002 1,512
20 Safeguarding production—losses in major crops and the role of crop protection Erich-Christian Oerke, H. W. Dehne · Crop Protection 19 Dec 2003 1,445
21 The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Insect Pests Sandra Skendžić, Monika Zovko, Ivana Pajač Živković et al. · Insects Open access 12 May 2021 1,431
22 Mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry and Cyt toxins and their potential for insect control Alejandra Bravo, Sarjeet S. Gill, Mário Soberón · Toxicon Open access Dec 2006 1,424
23 Properties and Potential of Natural Pesticides from the Neem Tree, Azadirachta Indica H. Schmutterer · Annual Review of Entomology 1990 1,411
24 IRAC: Mode of action classification and insecticide resistance management Thomas C. Sparks, Ralf Nauen · Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology Open access 4 Dec 2014 1,385
25 Antimicrobial herb and spice compounds in food Mehrdad M. Tajkarimi, Salam Adnan Ibrahim, Dean O. Cliver · Food Control 13 Feb 2010 1,384
26 Multiorganismal Insects: Diversity and Function of Resident Microorganisms Angela E. Douglas · Annual Review of Entomology ReviewOpen access 23 Oct 2014 1,382
27 Host Plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas Débora Goulart Montezano, Alexandre Specht, Daniel Ricardo Sosa‐Gómez et al. · African Entomology Open access Sep 2018 1,325
28 Essential Oils in Combination and Their Antimicrobial Properties Imaël Henri Nestor Bassolé, Hector Rodolfo Juliani · Molecules Open access 2 Apr 2012 1,321
29 Repellent activity of essential oils: A review Luz Stella Nerio, Jesús Olivero‐Verbel, Elena E. Stashenko · Bioresource Technology 3 Sep 2009 1,306
30 Essential Oils in Insect Control: Low-Risk Products in a High-Stakes World Catherine Régnault-Roger, Charles Vincent, John Thor Arnason · Annual Review of Entomology Review 2 Mar 2011 1,241
31 Natural products in crop protection Franck Emmanuel Dayan, Charles Lowell Cantrell, Stephen Oscar Duke · Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 28 Jan 2009 1,213
32 Plant Volatiles as a Defense against Insect Herbivores Paul W. Paré, James H. Tumlinson · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access Oct 1999 1,207
33 Wound-Induced Proteinase Inhibitor in Plant Leaves: A Possible Defense Mechanism against Insects T. R. Green, Clarence A. Ryan · Science 18 Feb 1972 1,195
34 The molecular basis of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes Janet Hemingway, Nicola J. Hawkes, Lynn McCarroll et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30 May 2004 1,153
35 Essential Oils as Ecofriendly Biopesticides? Challenges and Constraints Roman Pavela, Giovanni Benelli · Trends in Plant Science ReviewOpen access 24 Oct 2016 1,141
36 Reducing Postharvest Losses during Storage of Grain Crops to Strengthen Food Security in Developing Countries Deepak Kumar, Prasanta Kumar Kalita · Foods Open access 15 Jan 2017 1,105
37 Insect digestive enzymes: properties, compartmentalization and function Walter Ribeiro Terra, Clélia Ferreira · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry Sep 1994 1,105
38 Spread of The Tiger: Global Risk of Invasion by The Mosquito Aedes albopictus Mark Q. Benedict, Rebecca S. Levine, William A. Hawley et al. · Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Open access Mar 2007 1,067
39 Antimicrobial activity of individual and mixed fractions of dill, cilantro, coriander and eucalyptus essential oils PASCAL J. DELAQUIS · International Journal of Food Microbiology 25 Mar 2002 1,059
40 A Glucosinolate Metabolism Pathway in Living Plant Cells Mediates Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Defense Paweł Bednarek, Mariola Piślewska‐Bednarek, Aleš Svatoš et al. · Science Open access 18 Dec 2008 1,033
41 Role of Glucosinolates in Insect-Plant Relationships and Multitrophic Interactions Richard James Hopkins, Nicole M. van Dam, Joop J. A. van Loon · Annual Review of Entomology ReviewOpen access 23 Sep 2008 1,022
42 Insect Immunity. Purification and Properties of Three Inducible Bactericidal Proteins from Hemolymph of Immunized Pupae of Hyalophora cecropia Dan Hultmark, Håkan Steiner, Torgny Rasmuson et al. · European Journal of Biochemistry Open access May 1980 1,017
43 Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans Catherine L. Moyes, John G. VONTAS, Ademir Jesus Martins et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 20 Jul 2017 1,013
44 An Elicitor of Plant Volatiles from Beet Armyworm Oral Secretion Hans T. Alborn, Ted C. J. Turlings, T. Hefin Jones et al. · Science 9 May 1997 1,004
45 The evolutionary ecology of insect resistance to plant chemicals Laurence Després, Jean‐Philippe David, Christiane Gallet · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review 27 Feb 2007 952
46 The Sweetpotato or Silverleaf Whiteflies: Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci or a Species Complex? Judith K. Brown, D. R. Frohlich, Rosemarie C. Rosell · Annual Review of Entomology 1995 949
47 The chemical composition and biological activity of clove essential oil, Eugenia caryophyllata ( Syzigium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae): a short review Kamel Chaieb, Hafedh Hajlaoui, Tarek Zmantar et al. · Phytotherapy Research 23 Mar 2007 936
48 Acaricide resistance mechanisms in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and other important Acari: A review Thomas Van Leeuwen, John G. VONTAS, Anastasia Tsagkarakou et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Open access 9 Jun 2010 932
49 Antibacterial and antifungal activities of thymol: A brief review of the literature Anna Elisa Marchese, İlkay Erdoğan Orhan, Maria Daglia et al. · Food Chemistry 28 Apr 2016 922
50 Biochemistry and Genetics of Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Juan Ferré, Jeroen Van Rie · Annual Review of Entomology Review 2002 908

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