A new way to combat resistant pests stems from discovering how the widely-used natural insecticide Bt kills insects. Figuring out how Bt toxins punch holes in the cells of an insect's gut was the key ...

A cocktail of insecticides containing a plant protein and a common insecticide may be more lethal to crop pests than either ingredient used alone, according to biologists. The one-two punch also ...

A new way to combat resistant pests stems from discovering how the widely used natural insecticide Bt kills insects. Figuring out how Bt toxins punch holes in the cells of an insect's gut was the key ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Volunteer corn can act as a safe harbor for some pests by expressing lower doses of the insecticide found in newly planted corn, according to Purdue University researchers.

Long-term changes in land use, climate, and agricultural technologies may affect pest severity and management. The influences of these major drivers can only be identified by analyzing long-term data.

A collaborative team of researchers just used viruses to chivvy along evolution, resulting in a new bacterial toxin useful on pesticide-resistant insects. It calls to mind that old saying: the enemy ...

A cocktail of insecticides containing a plant protein and a common insecticide may be more lethal to crop pests than either ingredient used alone, according to biologists. The one-two punch also ...

RALEIGH – For the past 25 years, U.S. farmers have been able to use genetically modified crops that produce their own pesticides. Among other things, this meant that farmers were able to grow healthy ...

MANKATO, Minn. - If a farmer cuts costs on corn foliar fungicides and Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) insecticide treatments, will it cost them later in rootworm and corn borer damage? Bruce Potter, ...

According to entomologists, Bt insect resistance management plans should include "refuges," or fields of non-Bt plants where populations of insects will not encounter the toxin and will therefore fail ...

Question: Tiny caterpillars have shredded the leaves on my hardy hibiscus both this year and last. I sprayed with Bt insecticide but it didn't help. Any suggestions? Phyllis D., Tulsa Answer: The ...