Sentences with phrase «from insect pests»

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A LARGE body of literature has shown that genetically modified (GM) plants that produce proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to protect themselves from insect pests have little to no effect on a wide range of non-target insects.

They are applied to crop seeds such as maize (corn) and soya beans, and permeate the plants, protecting them from insect pests.

The incidence of rice diseases (e.g., bacterial leaf blight, leaf blast, sheath rot, and sheath blight) and damage from insect pests (e.g., rice bug, yellow stem borer) were recorded for GR2E Golden Rice and unmodified control rice grown at five locations during the 2017 boro season in Bangladesh.

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Spray pesticides from natural sources; use beneficial insects and birds, mating disruption or traps to reduce pests and disease

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that century - old museum specimens hold clues to how global climate change will affect a common insect pest that can weaken and kill trees — and the news is not good.

In wild chickpea relatives, von Wettberg and the team — with support from USAID and the National Science Foundation — discovered many useful traits, including «striking resistance to insect pests,» he says.

Chiasson's journey from the bench to the boardroom began back in the early 1990's while she was completing her Ph.D. at McGill University in Montreal, with research on insect pests in rice.

The first transgenic crop likely to be put forward for approval for open trials and commercial release is Bt cotton — which has added genes from the Bacillus thuringiensis bacterium, making the plant produce toxins that confer resistance to some insect pests.

Mushrooms are potential miracle workers, capable of cleaning up oil spills and radioactive contamination, filtering bacteria - tainted wastewater, speeding reforestation of clear - cut woodlands, boosting agricultural yields, controlling insect pests and treating ailments ranging from cancer and bird flu to diabetes and dementia.

High temperatures are detrimental to predatory insects that aid farmers, protecting crops from pest invasions, said Bradford Hawkins, a professor with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine.

Synthetic incompatibility has applications in controlling or eradicating invasive species, crop pests and disease - carrying insects as well as preventing altered genes from escaping from genetically modified crops into other plant populations.

In the absence of these pest insects the crop has thrived in countries ranging from Nigeria to Thailand.

Escaped pets, sport fish and garden plants run amok, insects that come hidden in the foliage of imported plants, pests that are introduced to control other pests — the invaders are legion, from anywhere, going everywhere.

The Food and Drug Administration, recognizing the ubiquity of such insect pests, sets limits on acceptable levels of bugs rather than banning them completely from food.

Further studies could reveal how to better control the pests throughout the growing season, by showing precisely where the insects are coming from and how far they will travel.

«I could come into Hawaii tomorrow with a whole bunch of plants from Southeast Asia, and as long as they didn't have any insect pests, I could bring them in,» says Charles Lamoureux, director of the Lyon Arboretum at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

After testing scores of samples taken from rice fields across the state, MSU scientists found that seed treatments are effective in managing the crop's most troublesome insect pests.

Others might be engineered to include nutrients like beta carotene, iron, and vitamin A. Instead of one gene to fight off insects or disease, crops will be engineered with «stacks» of resistance genes to prevent pests from evolving resistance to a single approach.

Initial evidence hinted that nicotine and other chemicals in the butts might help deter insect pests from moving into the nests — nicotine does have anti-parasite properties — but it wasn't conclusive.

Insects play a vital role in ecosystem health, helping to aerate soil, keeping the natural system in balance, and preventing detrimental pests from taking over essential natural resources.

A group of researchers led by Daniel Giddings Vassão and Jonathan Gershenzon from the Department of Biochemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have recently discovered a previously unknown detoxification strategy in these pest insects.

The Colorado potato beetle, an «international super pest,» has been stopped in its tracks by preventing the insect from synthesizing essential proteins

And a new study published two weeks ago raises the specter of Chagas from another more familiar insect pest: bed bugs, found all over the country.

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This covering seals the compacted trash from the air and prevents pests (birds, rats, mice, flying insects, etc.) from getting into the trash.

«We are in urgent need of new ways to control insect pests on crops, with very limited options available from pesticide sprays and conventional breeding.

Technically referred to as high - diversity vegetation patches, they offer refuge to a range of beneficial insects, spiders, and birds that protect the neighboring rice from hungry pests.

«Aside from their key role in feeding on pest insect species, their silk is being developed to make specialist clothing such as bullet - proof vests and their venom can be used in pain relief.

Lab manager Abigail at Pheronym is explaining how biocontrol works for agricultural pest control and how Pheronym uses pheromones from microscopic roundworms to improve the efficacy of commercially available beneficial nematodes for insect control.

Two traits account for nearly all GM crops planted: herbicide - tolerance (almost all glyphosate - tolerant or Roundup Ready) accounting for more than 80 percent of GM crops, and insect - resistance (Bt - crops engineered with toxins from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis to kill insect pests), accounting for 30 percent.19 (Eleven percent of GM crops have both traits.)

This way your home will be safe from insects and pests.

Colorado About Blog Find out everything you need to know about insects & rodents from the pest control team at EnviroPest.

Aside from the home inspection, I will schedule a termite inspection (wood destroying insect report) with a state licensed pest control company and / or a septic tank pump / inspection if desired.

Upon request from you, we can schedule a wood destroying insect inspection (pest inspection), performed by a licensed pest inspection company which can be completed at the same time as the home inspection.

Guinea fowl are particularly adept at clearing ticks and other insect pests from the land although your neighbors may not appreciate the birds» raucous vocalization!

Whether your dog stays mainly inside or outside your home, keep your pet clean and well - groomed, using an all - natural insect repellant spray to keep flies and other pests away from exposed ears and other delicate areas of the body.

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Colorado About Blog Find out everything you need to know about insects & rodents from the pest control team at EnviroPest.

One unique amenity offered at Villa Bonita is the insect repellent misting system that protects you from mosquitos and other pests while you lounge in the hammock or enjoy a meal on the expansive patios.

All our pesticides, mainly, fall into the area of sprays that are made up of water and basically strong smelling odours or strong tastes from plants and their produce that the offending insects / pests find repellent.

Farmers also face threats from viruses, including Cassava Brown Streak; Cucumber Mosaic Virus; African Cassava Mosaic Virus; and Cotton Leaf Curl, as well as major insect pests such as weevils and stem, fruit, and grain borers, and insects that serve as vectors for disease transmission.

In addition, «many agricultural regions will experience declines in crop and livestock production from increased stress due to weeds, diseases, insect pests, and other climate change - induced stresses,» the draft report says.

What's more, a laboratory study by entomologist May Berenbaum of UIUC, who collaborates with DeLucia to understand how soybean and its pest insects interact, showed that beetles that fed on leaves from the high carbon dioxide plots lived longer and laid more eggs.

Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increased.72

«Many agricultural regions will experience declines in crop and livestock production from increased stress due to weeds, diseases, insect pests, and other climate change - induced stresses,» the report says.

Citizens who attended more closely would see stories about shifts in the range of species, from birds and butterflies to insects pests and diseases.

Companion planting in the garden can serve a number of purposes, ranging from maximizing garden space to attracting beneficial insects and pollinators to luring insect pests away from other food crops.