Sunflower relish

Using viruses for biological pest control

The use of viruses as control agents against crop attacking insects is increasingly becoming popular.

What a trap

Fighting fungi

The herbal coming!

An Indian research institute has developed a herbal insecticide and a neem-based insect repellent

Peaches and pests

Peach oil may replace some dangerous human-made compounds used for pest control

India's miracle tree ready to storm markets

After generating a lot of scientific interest worldwide, neem is now attracting pesticide manufacturers and pharmaceuticals keen to exploit its …

New biopesticide conquers mosquito larvae

Malaria is attaining near epidemic proportions in the country but researchers in Madras hold out a ray of hope. They have produced an …

Undercover agents

What makes nematodes so good at killing crop pests

Checking a menace

A virus is being used to destroypests that damage the chickpea crop

When ducks get to work

Employing ducks in the paddy field heralds an era of prosperity for farmers in Japan, and in time worldwide

Row over pesticides

Plagued plantations

Farmers in the Peruvian highlands learn that all's not well with their produce, land and health

Natural pesticides

Bt microbe needs a little help from friends

Biocontrolling congress grass

Pollinator security

To kill a mocking pest

With pesticides no longer a viable means of controlling pests in most cases, the search for alternatives like bio-pesticides has proved that …

Bytes

The benefits of organic farming far outweigh the costs

HAY SOREE , economist and director of Yardi and Sore, a New Delhi-based company involved in organic farming and marketing, spoke to Down To …

Breeding insects to eat crop pests

Plant-based pesticide pious resolve, little action

Nature's own pest controller

A venomous Australian spider provides clues on how to make safer pesticides

Bt fails in China

Muscled out?