Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide Spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect species, including vision loss and neurodegeneration, new research led by the University ...

Scientists at Rothamsted Research and ApresLabs Ltd have demonstrated that SYN-A, a naturally derived synergist extracted ...

Neem oil comes from the pressed fruit of the neem tree, which is native to India and Africa. Neem oil has natural insect-repelling properties, making for a useful yet organic insecticide. To use on ...

What these two scientists are independently trying to do with the plant in question, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, commonly known as pyrethrum, is to eventually grow large enough quantities of this ...

By Kamal Ahmed/GNA Somanya, (E/R), Feb. 26, GNA – Dr Lloyd Larbi, a Pest and Vector Control Lecturer at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development in Somanya, has said rabbit urine and ...

Twenty-two years of dedicated research has finally resulted in success: In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a British team headed by Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge reports the first ...

It's a major bummer when your kale leaves start to get holes chewed in them or your lettuce leaves seem to disappear faster than they can grow. Here's a natural solution you can make in a jiffy with ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...