Cao Siqi co-leads the Global Times China desk. She covers Chinese politics, laws, environment and social issues.
Data from a recent study found spinosad (Natroba) to be a safe and effective treatment option for scabies.
A suspension of spinosad at 0.9% was approved by the FDA last year for the treatment of scabies infestations in patients 4 years of age and older. It was also previously approved fo
Heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend, oil futures nearest delivery traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange and Brent crude on the...
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Pea and bean growers are being warned that downy mildew is highly prevalent in crops this season and treatments may be needed to minimise yield losses.
Symptoms usually appear from early May
Willie Kirk, and Noah Rosenzweig, Michigan State Unive
Tom Dudek, Michigan State University Extension, and Mary Hausbeck, MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences - February 4, 2016
Recommendations for eight co
A senior farm scientist who is also the immediate former Director of the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) has written to the Union government requesting it to put on hold the draft order banning 27 pesticides in the country.
In his June 10 letter to the government, P.
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For more than a month, Durban has suffered through the toxic fallout from a fire at the United Phosphorus Li
The ongoing, unseasonable wet weather has delivered an additional headache for mungbean farmers in Queensland.
Powdery mildew thrives in milder temperatures and high humidity and can lead to yield losses of up to 40 per cent if left unmanaged.
The University of Southern Queensland
Banner image: Rows of grape vines in a Napa Valley vineyard. (Credit: Eve-Lyn Hinckley)
Each week during growing season, California winemakers coat their precious grapes with sulfur fungicides to prevent powdery mildew infection. It’s an effective defense against a potentially crop-