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Fungus enhances susceptibility of resistant malaria mosquito to pesticides
Sep 24, 2009 |
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In areas where malaria mosquitoes have become resistant to chemical pesticides, mosquito-killing fungi can be an effective tool. Fungal spores can effectively infect and kill malaria mosquitoes, even those that are resistant ...
Scientists use bed bugs' own chemistry against them
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scientists here have determined that combining bed bugs' own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.
How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...
Counting the cost of pesticide resistance
Sep 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Beef CRC have developed a new test which could help producers minimise acaricide resistance in cattle ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus).
Bacteria stop sheep dip poisoning fish and bees
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Sep 10, 2008 |
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Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this ...
Pesticide build-up could lead to poor honey bee health
Aug 18, 2008 |
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Honey bees industriously bring pollen and nectar to the hive, but along with the bounty comes a wide variety of pesticides, according to Penn State researchers. Add the outside assault to the pesticides already ...
New insecticide created for mosquitoes
Jul 18, 2007 |
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French scientists have developed an effective insecticide-repellent compound that can be used against mosquitoes resistant to current chemicals.
Mosquito spray increases toxicity of pyrethroids in creek, study finds
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Jul 28, 2006 |
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A relatively benign compound contained in a widely used group of insecticides can mix with and increase the toxicity of existing pesticides in the environment, according to a new study led by biologists at the University ...
Popular insecticide now in suburban waters
Oct 27, 2005 |
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University of California-Berkeley researchers have, for the first time, detected high concentrations of a popular insecticide in suburban stream sediment. The discovery is raising concerns about the insecticide's effects on ...
