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A British team reports the first synthesis of azadirachtin, a natural compound that stops predatory insects from feeding. Plants have a variety of defense mechanisms to deter insect attack.

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Do you have an aversion to using chemical-laden insecticides? Our friends at WFAA sister station KARE in Minneapolis have compiled some helpful tips to create bug sprays made with natural ingredients.

For the first time, researchers in Australia have documented insecticide resistance in field-collected populations of bluegreen aphids, Acyrthosiphon kondoi—a worldwide pest of pulses and other legume ...

It's a major bummer when your kale leaves start to get holes chewed in them or your lettuce leaves seem to disappear faster than they can grow. Here's a natural solution you can make in a jiffy with ...

What these two scientists are independently trying to do with the plant in question, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, commonly known as pyrethrum, is to eventually grow large enough quantities of this ...

Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide Spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect species, including vision loss and neurodegeneration, new research led by the University ...

I’ve tried pesticides both natural and synthetic, as well as DIY remedies, but nothing has worked. So I turned to the experts ...