CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is urging faster development of biological pest control tools as California growers face invasive ...

BASFY secured AgBiTech acquisition to strengthen its Agricultural Solutions business and bio-insect control. BASFY gains AgBiTech's tech, boosting pest control and reducing reliance on chemicals.

Biological control in plant–insect systems represents a fundamental challenge in theoretical ecology, particularly within agricultural systems. This challenge is amplified by climate change, which, ...

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that produces a range of proteinaceous toxins active against insect larvae. The primary insecticidal agents are crystalline ...

Parasitoids and predators / David B. Off and Charles P.-C. Suh -- Microbial insecticides / J. Lindsey Flexner and Diane L. Belnavis -- Pheromones and other semiochemicals / D.M. Suckling and G. Karg - ...

The predatory mirid bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis, which preys on agricultural pests, is used as a biological control agent. This discovery has significant implications for biological control which ...

BASF SE’s BASFY Agricultural Solutions unit signed an agreement to acquire AgBiTech from private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners and other shareholders. AgBiTech specializes in biological insect ...

Bug battles just got easier.

You know it’s not your average party when you ask the guy next to you what he does for work, and he says he’s developing a ...

Devgen and Syngenta have announced a six-year global license and research agreement. The partnership will enable Syngenta to add RNA interference (RNAi) technology to its crop protection pipeline. As ...

Lice live their entire lives with a set of genes that in humans would indicate a late-stage degenerative disorder such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease. How do lice tolerate this genome structure ...