A new biological pest control method that targets the lifespan of female insects could significantly reduce the threat of ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking biological method to combat insect pests by shortening the lifespan of female ...

Augmentative biological control, involving the supplemental release of natural enemies of insect pests, can complement the sterile insect technique (SIT) in area-wide integrated pest management ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency is slated to decide this year whether several controversial pesticides can stay on the ...

Farming of Broccoli has always been tested between yield quality and pests control However in the recent past heat stress and ...

Finally, Bt maize should be especially compatible with biological control because reduced use of insecticides should lead to an increase in beneficial insects (Naranjo 2009). In general ...

"Toxic male technique" genetically engineers male insects to produce insect-specific venom proteins in their semen.

“I’m encouraged to see the EPA recognize that insecticides pose a major threat to our most endangered pollinators and finally step up with a plan to protect them,” said Lori Ann Burd, environmental ...

For example, nectar fuels the foraging efforts of predatory and parasitic wasps, both of which are important agents of biological pest control. Many farmers plant rows of flowering plants among ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to adequately protect more than 1,500 species of wildlife and plants from the insecticide ...