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Plants used for pest control in China: A literature review

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Using plant material to control pests may alleviate the burden of heavy reliance on synthetic pesticides. In China, the rich tradition and knowledge of herbal medicine, combined with an organized but short- lived effort of using indigenous pesticidal plants, resulted in an accumulation of literature in the late 1950s. In this review, a table containing 267 pesticidal plants is compiled to provide a glimpse of the Chinese experience.

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Plantes Utilisées en Tant que Pesticide en Chine. L’utilisation de materiel végétal dans le contrôl parasitaire peut soulager considiralement l’important besoin de pesticides de synthèse. La Chine, avec sa richesse de tradition et de connaissance de Ia médecine avec les plantes, mené un effort organisé mais de court-terme vers lafin des années 50. Cette revue, une table de 267 plantes pesticides a été redigee dans le but de donner une idée de l’experience Chinoise.

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Yang, R.Z., Tang, C.S. Plants used for pest control in China: A literature review. Econ Bot 42, 376–406 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860162

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