To Ditch Pesticides, Scientists Are Hacking Insects’ Sex Signals
Proving that this way of producing pheromones works, and that they’re effective, has taken almost a decade. “We are now looking at scaling up the process and…
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The Dangerous Chemicals Lurking Inside Shipping Containers
For their study, Hinz and her colleagues enlisted the help of the New Zealand customs authority. Staff used probes, which they pushed through the rubber…
Syngenta Starts 10,000km ‘Drone Yatra’ Across 13 States to Educate Farmers on Spraying Pesticides…
Swiss agrochemical major Syngenta on Friday started a 'drone yatra' of 10,000 km in India to educate farmers on pesticide spraying using drones across 13…
Syngenta to Educate Farmers in 13 States on Spraying Pesticides With Drones
Swiss agrochemical major Syngenta on Friday started a 'drone yatra' of 10,000 km in India to educate farmers on pesticide spraying using drones across 13…
The EPA May Extend the Use of Pesticides that Paralyze Bees
This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to allow the…
IIIT Naya Raipur taps drones to detect crop diseases, curb pesticide overuse
IIIT-Naya Raipur has developed a drone-based crop health forecasting solution that can be used to detect insects and diseases in crops and…
Could Crispr Flip the Switch on Insects’ Resistance to Pesticides?
While the Covid-19 pandemic raged across the world in 2020, another disease was quietly infecting more than 220 million people on the continent of Africa:…
The Next Big Thing for RNA? Fixing Moldy Food
Of all the fungi out there, Botrytis cinerea is the one that keeps farmers up at night. The scuzzy fungus has a voracious appetite. It’ll happily munch…