1Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar - 751 030, Odisha, India, E-mail: prakashbehera@sao.ac.in
2Department of Agriculture, Noida International University, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar - 201 310, Uttar Pradesh, India, E-mail: shailesh.solanki@niu.edu.in
3Department of Roganidana, S.A. Ningoji Ayurvedic Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Dadegal Koppal - 783 231, Karnataka, India, E-mail: drpraveenkumar03@gmail.com
4Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Parul University, Vadodara - 391 760, Gujarat, India, E-mail: agriculture@paruluniversity.ac.in
5Department of Pharmacology, Krishna Institute of Pharmacy, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth “Deemed to be University”, Karad, Satara - 415 539, Maharashtra, India, E-mail: anuppatil.pharma@gmail.com
Krishna Institute of Science and Technology, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth “Deemed to be University”, Karad, Satara -415 539, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author' E-mail: snehalmasurkar2882@gmail.com
Online published on 26 September, 2025.
Experimental results show that the allelochemicals presents in neem, especially azadirachtin, greatly distrupt moulting, feeding, and reproductive activities in different insect species. Especially in some pests at higher dosages, moulting inhibition rates reached up to 85%. Neem’s antifeedant qualities caused feeding activity to drop noticeably, which increased death rates. Neem’s potential as a multifarious pesticide was shown by negative effects on reproductive parameters including oviposition and egg hatchability. Neem-based chemicals’, Effectiveness in controlling pests emphasises their function as a sustainable substitute for traditional pesticides.
Antifeedant, Azadirachtin, Ecdysone, Enzymatic inhibition, Insecticide, Juvenile hormone, Molting, Neem, Neuroreceptors, Oviposition, Resistance, Triterpenoids
