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11/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Many botanical extracts show promise as natural, alternative insecticides

Horn flies and stable flies are growing more resistant to commonly-used chemical pesticides. A government-supported study evaluated plant-based insecticides and insect repellents as alternative means of controlling the populations of these biting flies. Biting flies feed on the blood of cattle and other livestock. Not only do their painful bites and swarming numbers disrupt the […]

09/14/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Cleanliness can prevent bugs as well as germs: Bed bugs love dirty laundry, study finds

Low-cost traveling has opened the doors to a lot of things, like bedbugs. So says Dr. William Hentley from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences and his team of researchers. His study, published in Scientific Reports, concluded that global bedbug dispersal has been facilitated by dirty laundry being left exposed in […]

06/30/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Bio-fungicides found to control seed-borne fungi in wheat better than conventional antibiotics

Today’s farmlands aren’t any different from labs, what with all the chemicals and antibiotics found in crops, as well as the staggering amount of synthetic pesticides used in each. Fortunately, researchers from India have found a natural alternative for managing pests without toxic side effects. In the study, which was published in the American Journal of […]

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