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Spotted lanternflies communicate through their smelly excretions ΜΆ called honeydew, reports a new study in …
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Plant that helps produce behavior-changing pheromones could boost environmentally friendly pest control
Each year, pests eat more than one-fifth of the crops grown around the world. Many farmers turn to insecticides to protect their harvest, …
EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/ii-gpg011421.php
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The camelina plant, a source of cooking oil for centuries, is on its way toward revolutionizing pest control in agriculture.
Scientists at ISCA, Inc., a …
EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/ii-gpg011421.php
GM plant to give boost to green insect controls
ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200827101821.htm
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-07-pheromones-nematodes-boost-pests.html
by Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service Beneficial nematodes are used as biological control agents to fight a variety of insect pests that severely damage crops. …
Science Direct Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347218300307?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb
Author links open overlay panel Shevy Wanera, Uzi& …Edited by Brad HarbisonResearchers at North …