(Beyond Pesticides, January 5, 2022) The use of insecticidal bed nets (IBNs) to prevent mosquito bites in malaria-endemic communities can result in resistance developing in secondary pests like bed ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 7, 2024) The marginal user costs (MUC) of pesticide resistance for chemical-intensive farmers and the pest management industry are significantly affected by pesticide costs, ...

Using insects such as wasps to control agricultural pests remains a resilient method, despite increasing resistance, a new ...

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Back in 2010, Chris Stone was spending a lot of nights under a mosquito net in a greenhouse in Ohio. Loose in the greenhouse’s artificially tropical air were many mosquitoes, and Stone, a graduate ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For years, farmers and agribusinesses have talked about being on the "pesticide treadmill": A few years after a pesticide is introduced, insects develop resistance to it. So ...

Scientists have discovered how insect pests resist cotton plants engineered to kill them. The findings will help scientists design more durable strategies for pest management. Based on laboratory ...

For keen veggie growers and rose enthusiasts, aphids can be a real bane to your gardening dreams. These little insects are not only sap suckers—literally sucking the life out of plants—but they can ...

A possible alternative to chemical control of insect pests may be plant resistance to insects (PRI). Although PRI usually integrates well with other pest management strategies, its use has been ...