sabella Padial received her B.Sc. degree in Agronomic Engineering from the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD, Brazil), including an academic exchange period at L'Institut Agro Montpellier. She earned her M.Sc. in Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation from the Federal University of Dourados (UFGD, Brazil) and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the same program at UFGD. Her research interests include botanical insecticides, bioprospecting of plant-derived compounds, and sustainable pest management. Her current work focuses on the evaluation of plant extracts against major agricultural pests, particularly Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera frugiperda.