Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops from harmful insects, but they also may contribute to a larger amount of some weeds, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.

The super-immune insects can then pass their resistance on to their offspring, making it only a matter of time before a given population becomes, essentially, insecticide-proof. cyborg cockroaches ...

New mode-of-action insecticides are sought to provide continued control of pesticide resistant arthropod vectors of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). We previously identified antagonists of the ...

Researchers from Hiroshima University's Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life found these superbugs to be 19,859 times more resistant to pyrethroids, the most commonly used insecticide ...

1. Neonicotinoid insecticides are used as seed treatments on most grain and oilseed crops in the US, yet the extent and likelihood of spread of insecticide residues during planting has not previously ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its draft Insecticide Strategy, a guidance document establishing a framework to protect more than 850 endangered plants and animals ...