Harmful insect pests can cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage to food and livestock and transmit diseases such as malaria or the Zika virus. Finding ways to effectively control these insect ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

When cold weather sets in, it’s tempting to assume pest problems go into hibernation along with the garden. Unfortunately, ...

An IAEA international research project has developed improvements to the sterile insect technique that are applicable to a wide range of insect pests. These improvements could red ...

DALLESPORT, Wash. — Folklore suggests that garlic keeps vampires away. It also works against the invasive insect spotted wing drosophila, said Bridget Hatfield, a research scientist with Kemin Crop ...

Newark, Oct. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brainy Insights estimates that the USD 15.23 billion in 2020 global insect pest control market will reach USD 25.28 billion in 2030. The management or ...

Are you tired of garden pests and want to reduce pesticide use? Certain plants can help manage insects in your garden. Beneficial insects help control pest populations by attracting predators that ...

The use of entomopathogenic fungi in insect pest management represents a promising and ecologically sustainable approach. These fungi, notably Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium spp., naturally infect ...

Be a friend to bees and other beneficial insects. Here, blooming buckwheat keeps bees busy. We often get calls asking where home gardeners can buy these beneficial insects. However, to prevent ...

For most humans, ants are a nuisance. But while you may fret about them munching on your meal, according to a new study, ants actually might help to protect our food from other insect pests. In a new ...

Researchers have shown how nematodes use smell to seek out uninfected insects, which they then enter and kill. The findings support the group's long-term goal of improving how gardeners and the ...

Mushrooms account for about one-sixth of Taiwan’s total vegetable production, with annual output valued at more than NT$12.2 ...