News tagged with chemical insecticides
Experts suggest steps to stop spread of resistant corn rootworms
(Phys.org) -- The discovery that more Western corn rootworms are resistant to the toxin contained in widely planted transgenic corn has sparked a warning that farmers must change tactics or lose a valuable management tool ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Worker ants paralyze and kill termites from afar
Worker ants from a particular species of African ants have potent venom that can paralyze and kill termites from a distance, according to a study published Dec. 14 in the online journal PLoS ONE.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Even low doses of insecticides put honeybees at risk
Scientists in France have discovered that honeybees are at a higher risk of dying from infection by Nosema ceranae (N. ceranae) when they are exposed to low doses of insecticides. The results, presented in ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Combination of biological and chemical pesticides more effective than expected on malaria mosquitoes
A combination of fungal spores and chemical insecticides are an effective way of combating insecticide-resistant malaria mosquitoes. Researchers at Wageningen UR and from Benin, West Africa, have shown that fungi and insecticides ...
Aug 13, 2010 |
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Control of mosquito vectors of malaria may be enhanced by a new method of biocontrol
Biopesticides containing a fungus that is pathogenic to mosquitoes may be an effective means of reducing malaria transmission, particularly if used in combination with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), according to a modelling ...
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Ground beetles produce lemon/orange-scented aromas as predator repellents
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper to appear in the journal “Naturwissenschaften,” Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Athula Attygalle and his research student, Xiaogang Wu, report for the first time that some ground beetles ...
Aug 13, 2009 |
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