When faced with a pest problem, gardeners often wish for a solution that comes in a spray bottle and not the safer option of organic pesticides. It’s true that many poisons sold in garden centers will ...

Volatile organic compounds released by fragrant plants can awaken the pest defense in the neighboring plant. In a recent study, scientists used bush basil as a fragrant plant to improve the pest ...

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 ...

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

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The changing approach comes as providers recognise the need to balance pest elimination with environmental protection, particularly in urban areas where residential properties sit alongside sensitive ...

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