Bedbugs are pesky insects, living in mattresses and coming out at night to bite at your exposed skin. Now, though, scientists may have just created a new technique to combat the global bedbug epidemic, according to Science World...
Read MoreAs consumer demand for sustainably farmed food increases, adoption of bio-pesticides is trending upward as well. According to the Bio-pesticide Industry Alliance (BPIA), this is one of several factors contributing to the...
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Read More(The Western Producer) — LINDELL BEACH, B.C. — Venom from the Australian funnel-web spider can produce a unique biological when fused with a protein from the snowdrop plant. A article in The Western Producer says this...
Read MorePresentations The Role of IPM in Sustainable Agricultural Practices The ‘Business’ of Scientific Research Biocontrol’s Role in Sustainability in the European Theater Venture Capital: Interest in Food and...
Read More(phys.org) — Plants have a symbiotic relationship with certain bacteria. These ‘commensal’ bacteria help the pants extract nutrients and defend against invaders – an important step in preventing pathogens from...
Read More(phys.org) — Washington State University researchers have developed a unique method to use microbes buried in pond sediment to power waste cleanup in rural areas. The first microbe-powered, self-sustaining wastewater...
Read MoreThe soil-dwelling bacteria that we walk on every day are working their way into technologies that could help feed the world. (National Geographic) — On a frigid day last February, Maren Friesen drove eight hours across...
Read More(phys.org) — The colonization of land by the first land plants was a key step in the evolution of life on Earth. The exact circumstances of this shift, however, have not been fully explained. Taku Demura and colleagues at...
Read More(INRA) — Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas that is also responsible for destroying the ozone layer. France’s INRA research scientists in Dijon have shown that the ability of soils to eliminate N2O can...
Read More(The Japan News) — An agricultural research center in western Japan has developed and commercialized a ladybug as a biological. The development by the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization’s Western Region...
Read More(Greenhouse Management) — When it comes to battling plant diseases in greenhouses and nurseries, chemicals remain the clear weapon of choice among greenhouse growers, though the emergence of fungicide-resistant strains of...
Read More(The Independent) — Scientists have created the first “semi-synthetic” micro-organism with a radically different genetic code from the rest of life on Earth, according to a story in the British publication The Independent....
Read More(phys.org) — Scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have identified a benign bacterium that shows promise in blocking Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes. Their research is published ahead of print...
Read MorePresentations Pests of the Northeastern US & Hints for Efficacy Trials Exploring the market perspective of biologicals (panel discussion) * Dr. David Holden, Holden Research and Consulting, Panelist * Richard Jones, Group...
Read More(UC Davis News Service) — Long before nations devised complex military strategies, plants had their own built-in systems for thwarting potential attacks by disease-causing microbes. Two new players in this mutual...
Read More(Phys.Org) — Injecting crop protection products into the root zone of the plant creates possibilities for effectively dealing with difficult to control pest insects. This was shown in an exploratory practical test by...
Read More(VOA) — “That insect’s dead.” Shawn Semones holds up a little plastic cup in which a little worm-like insect lies in repose, sprouting a fine white coat of mold. That fungus not only killed the insect pest, the white coat...
Read More(University of Georgia) — A University of Georgia researcher is using two new traps and the beetle’s sex drive to trap and control the pest that damages the roots of pecan trees. Prionus root borers, the larval stage...
Read More(phys.org) — The Chrysodeixis chalcites moth is regarded as one of the most serious pests in horticultural, ornamental and fruit crops. On the Canary Islands they can be responsible for losses of up to 30 percent in the...
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