Farmers across America face a counterintuitive problem, according to new research. The very chemicals they spray to kill ...

Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops from harmful insects, but they also may contribute to a larger ...

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 need to develop alternatives to conventional pesticides has become apparent in recent years because two of the major whitefly pest species, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum ...

Whilst these novel insecticides differ in their chemical class, they share the same mode of action as neonicotinoids, raising the question as to whether they have similar sub-lethal impacts on ...

The sterile insect technique is an environmentally-friendly insect pest control method involving ... The International Plant Protection Convention categorizes sterile insects as beneficial organisms.

The Florida Entomologist Vol. 75, No. 4, Dec., 1992 Effect of Soil Physical Factors on Biolo... An appreciation for the complexity of the soil environment is important when developing strategies for ...

“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 ...

“Pesticides take a devastating toll on imperiled wildlife and are a driving factor in the current insect apocalypse,” said Jonathan Evans, environmental health legal director at the Center for ...

This data bolsters studies related to properly identifying and classifying insect species and developing insecticides that act on the mitochondria. Lice, meanwhile, offer a model for studying the ...

The studies evaluated four main biological responses — growth, reproduction, behavior (animals only), and biomarkers ...