The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed registering a new type of insecticide to control Varroa mites, a parasite that has plagued honey bees for decades. Massachusetts-based GreenLight ...

Breaking Down EPA’s New Action Plan for Insecticides The regulations are a response by EPA to enforce the Endangered Species Act at the agency level rather than through litigation and the court ...

The EPA released its final “insecticide strategy” on April 29, one day before a court-set deadline to come up with a plan to keep insecticides from drifting or running off fields and harming ...

Bugs in your plants don't always warrant the use of insecticides. There's a lot to consider before you pull the trigger.

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.

Ask a Master Gardener: Insecticide alternatives combat chinch bugs Unlike most ants, Blissus leucopterus can damage turf grass.

A new mode-of-action insecticide has been approved for use in sugar beet, peas and beans, offering good control of aphids when used as part of an integrated approach.

Geneticists have developed a gene drive-based solution to the widespread problem of insecticide resistance. In an effort to protect valuable crops, the researchers created an 'e-Drive&apos ...

Pyriproxyfen was the most effective insecticide against Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. A tolerance index is defined as the ratio between the LC 50 or the EI 50 values for Ae. albopictus, and those ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a draft insecticide strategy to identify protections the agency will consider when it registers a new insecticide or reevaluates an ...

Of three drivers of insect loss, a new study confirms that neonicotinoid - coated seeds are causing the most damage.