“…This has led to the active search for available alternatives in order to replace synthetic pesticides. The use of biopesticides for insect control in cereal storage has grown worldwide (Pimentel, Faroni, Tótola, & Guedes, 2007;Opit et al, 2012), through the use of essential oils as botanical pesticides (Jaya, Prakash, & Dubey, 2014;Yang et al, 2015;Hu, Wang, Dai, & Zhu, 2019;Baccari et al, 2020). These have different modes of action on insects, in terms of promoting toxicity, mortality, anti-feeding activity, growth inhibition, the suppression of reproductive behavior and a reduction in fecundity and fertility, among others (Isman, 2006;Zarrad, Hamouda, Chaieb, Laarif, & Jemâa, 2015).…”