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To overcome the drawbacks of chemical control against PWN, twenty compounds were screened, and a synergistic botanical\u2013chemical combination was identified. A proportion of abamectin to rotenone of 7:3 (5.73 and 1.78 mg\/L, respectively) achieved the highest co-toxicity coefficient of 231.09 with a median lethal concentration of 3.18 mg\/L. It revealed 0% mortality in Pinus massoniana seedlings at 60 days post-treatment when applied at 400 times the synergistic concentration (2.29 g\/L abamectin + 0.71 g\/L rotenone) at 7 days after PWN inoculation. Furthermore, the synergistic combination significantly affected the physiological activity and population dynamics of PWN. Female oviposition was reduced by 71.92%, the egg hatching rates declined to 13.09 \u00b1 0.02%, and head thrashing frequency was inhibited by 99.23 \u00b1 0.01%. The enzymatic activities of peroxidase, acetylcholinesterase, succinate dehydrogenase, and glutathione S-transferase were significantly increased, while the population size declined by 96.17%. Transcriptomic and gene expression analyses suggested a potential \u201cNa+\/Ca2+\/Cl\u2212 ionic storm,\u201d since the synergistic combination significantly activated genes associated with voltage-gated calcium channels, glutamate-gated chloride channels, and amiloride-sensitive sodium channels. 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