Common blossom thrips (Frankliniella schultzei Trybom) is a polyphagous pest, which feeds on various ornamental and edible crop hosts and has been recorded on vegetables such as beans, eggplant, okra, tomato, sweet potato, peppers, onion, and pigeon pea.
The common blossom thrips is a re
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(Beyond Pesticides, May 26, 2021) Coffee leaf rust, caused by a fungus that can devastate fields of coffee plants, and the coffee industry of entire countries, was recently detected on the Hawaiian Islands for the first time. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted quickly to appr
Many of the pests that plague gardeners are caterpillars and other leaf-eating insects. Only caterpillars can be controlled with the well-known biological pesticide Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), but a newer biological pesticide, spinosad, can control caterpillars as well as leaf miners, thrips,
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At a time when Delhi is ramping up the drive against mosquito breeding to combat the uptick in dengue cases, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation is running abysmally low on larvicide and insecticides needed to control vector populations, a status report from the civic body has said.
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