Rodents like rats can be quite a burden when it comes to ruining our garden spaces, but there's one way to get rid of them - ...

Ivory Coast's cotton industry was plunged into a crisis in 2022 as crops were devastated by the jassid as these insects are voracious pests. Today, the industry is still trying to recover and ...

Confined field trials of BT cotton at five sites in Zimbabwe show positive results giving more scope for the country to scale ...

Comparison between the principles and real world practices of integrated pest management (IPM) reveals severe discrepancies. The cotton agricultural system is a problem with a long and sad history, ...

Photo by John E. Woodmansee June 21, 2024 I occasionally write about insect pests and what to do about them. However, I also know that not everyone is an entomologist, and it might be good to take a ...

Cotton responds to herbivore damage by inducing ... Biological control of insect pests: In agriculture, pests can be controlled by the use of chemical or biological tools. In biological control ...

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a key eco-friendly biocontrol agent, targeting specific pests in agriculture, reducing ...