Sentences with phrase «insect pest using»

Monsanto's SmartStax Pro, which kills a specific insect pest using RNA interference, has been approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency

Not exact matches

Dynamic Solutions Worldwide makes the DynaTrap, a series of eco-friendly insect traps that use UV light to lure the pests and then vacuum them inside.

Organic farmers also use numerous integrative pest management techniques which promote environments that support beneficial insects such as pollinators by providing them with habitat, and use farming methods such as crop rotation which provide a diversity of nutritious floral food sources to reduce the prospect of malnutrition.

California winegrowers use cover crops and compost in the vineyards to enrich healthy soils with biomass and vibrant populations of microbes and worms and to prevent erosion and attract helpful insects that prey on pests.

Organic grape growing avoids the use of synthetic chemicals and uses natural methods like crop rotation, tillage and natural composts to maintain soil health as well as natural methods to control weeds, insects and other pests.

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

The Pest Soldier electronic mosquito killer uses two UV bulbs to attract flying insects towards an electrical grid that delivers a powerful 2,800 - volt shock!

Many plants, including the wild tomato species used in this study, produce chemical compounds to repel insect pests and other hungry herbivores.

To use RNAi against the pest, the researchers first identified a gene the insect can't do without — one that encodes a cytoskeleton protein vital to maintaining a cell's shape.

They used bat detectors and insect pheromone traps to monitor nightly bat activity, as well as the abundance of the corn earworm moth — a tasty treat for bats and also one of the world's most destructive crop pests.

«Although these nematodes are widely used in biological control against agricultural insect pests, their efficacy in the field is limited.

Their observations help explain how developing organisms use external biochemical triggers and provide new means for controlling undesirable insects and other pests.

The hope is that the method could be used to engineer populations of insects in the wild, with the goal of reducing mosquito - borne diseases such as malaria or dengue fever, or controlling agricultural pests, such as those that transmit citrus greening disease.

Though the field trials have been relatively small so far, the operationally similar Sterile Insect Technique has been successfully used to eliminate pests on various scales up to continent - wide.

«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.

This methodology has been used to effectively control insect pests for decades but this is the first time it has been proposed for use for conservation purposes.

Oxitec is developing innovative technology to control insect pests, based on the use of engineered sterile males of the pest insect species («RIDL ® males»).

The Committee has been investigating the use of GM insect technologies to fight infectious disease and to control agricultural pests as the technology now exists to render insects unable to transmit diseases, and to reduce insect populations to minimise their threat to animals and crops.

Fortunately, pests and insects do not like the plant so it is easy for farmers to grow organic chia without the use of pesticides and insect sprays.

Maca has also been used to stimulate population growth of pest - controlling insects, which helps to avoid the use of chemical pesticides.

You can also take advantage of a number of recent developments in pest control that use natural pheromones and chemicals of low toxicity and little residual action to control insects.

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.

Peppermint has been used as an insect repellent for thousands of years, and is still used in some countries today against pests like fleas and mosquitos.

Since most bed bug sprays are toxic to not only insects but to your pets you need to be careful what you use to rid your pet of their pests.

Dogs also were at higher risk of lymphoma if their owners used self - applied insect - growth regulators on their yards, such as Nylar, Precor and Gentrol, which control cockroaches, fleas and other pests.

Only Natural Pet's Flea & Tick Tag This one is a little science - y for me, but the tag uses your pup's natural energy field and pest - repelling frequencies to keep fleas and other insects at baby.

Taking the birds out of the area may be needed if the home is going to be sprayed for insects on the outside, although some pest control companies know what to use if birds are in the house.

I myself only used some of these: Charge Blade, Spirit Blade & Insect Glaive in the 1st beta, and currently testing out with Dual Blades, Switch Axe on the second beta (22 — 26 Dec for all PS gamer)

«Since the mid-1940's over 200 basic chemicals have been created for use in killing insects, weeds, rodents, and other organisms described in the modern vernacular as «pests»... These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes... Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life?»

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

One method is the use of animals — including everything from bacteria and insects to reptiles and mammals — that prey on troublesome pests.

A forceful spray of water from a garden hose may knock down invading insects, or you can use the least toxic insecticidal soap available to clear out pests such as aphids and spider mites.