ITHACA, NY - Killing crop-damaging insects by targeting genes essential to their survival is a promising approach to pest control. Because essential genes are often conserved across multiple insect ...

The use of entomopathogenic fungi in insect pest management represents a promising and ecologically sustainable approach. These fungi, notably Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium spp., naturally infect ...

The Insect Pest Control Subprogramme of the Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture plays a key role in the dissemination of nuclear and related technology information ...

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For most humans, ants are a nuisance. But while you may fret about them munching on your meal, according to a new study, ants actually might help to protect our food from other insect pests. In a new ...

Creamy-colored and just a couple of centimeters long, the cotton bollworm doesn’t look like much. But around the world, this highly mobile moth has farmers breaking out in a sweat. Females can lay ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

When speaking about methods in pest management, the idea of insecticides would probably be the first thing to jump into your head. If you are a biology-minded person, you would likely add biological ...

Housing Authority on Wednesday reported progress in the years-long battle against insect infestations in Holland Towers, the ...