Sentences with phrase «insecticides called»

The findings, which have taken more than three years to be published, add weight to concern that a new group of insecticides called neonicotinoids are behind a worldwide decline in honey bees, along with habitat and food loss, by making them more susceptible to disease.

And as with flea shampoos, the usual active ingredient is the family of insecticides called Pyrethrins.

BAYER BEE CARE CENTERPopulations of honeybees have crashed in recent years, and many researchers have pointed the blame at a class of widely used insecticides called neonicotinoids.

Bedbugs have become a big problem in U.S. hotels and homes over the past decade, in part because they are resistant to a widely used class of insecticides called pyrethroids.

The compounds are synthetic versions of naturally occurring insecticides called pyrethrins harvested from chrysanthemum flowers.

He is focusing on a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, and in particular imidacloprid, which is used to coat sunflower seeds and then suffuses the plants» tissues as they grow.

General News of Friday, 18 May 2018 Source: classfmonline.com Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto The Ministry of Agricultural (MoFA) has said it has not authorised the sale of an insecticide called ROCKSTAR (BIFENTHRIN 2.5 EC), made in China.

Some countries have switched from pyrethroids to an organophosphate insecticide called actellic.

Also, an insecticide called fipronil has partially replaced pyrethroids for controlling termite and ant infestations in some areas.

Many plants, including some genetically altered ones, rely on a biologically produced insecticide called Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) for protection against pests.

In the study, scientists used an insecticide called a chitin synthesis inhibitor (CSI), used in the Sentricon ® termite baiting system, which was invented by UF / IFAS entomology professor Nan - Yao Su.

Derek wanted to see how much of an insecticide called imidacloprid (Ih - mid-ah-KLOH-prid) might end up in guttation water.

Some GE crops — especially corn — produce their own insecticide called Bt - toxin.

Many of these products include an insecticide called pyrethrum.

Not exact matches

At the risk of sounding brutal, what else would you call insecticide, herbicide and fungicide?

Mr. Sidney Agoyomah Abilba, the Upper East Regional Focal Person for Malaria has called on the media to disseminate information on the need to use Long Lasting Insecticide Net (LLIN) as part of measures to reduce the prevalence of malaria in the Region.

The researchers mixed RHP with a protein called organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH), which degrades the toxic organophosphates found in insecticides and chemical warfare agents.

When they inserted those genes into crop genomes, through a technique called recombinant DNA, the plants were able to produce the protein for bug resistance on their own, eliminating the need to spray insecticide.

Its agricultural division has also been very profitable, thanks to a best - selling herbicide called Roundup, as well as a range of genetically modified crops that are resistant to Roundup or that produce their own insecticide.

Called neonicotinoids, these insecticides are a class of neuroactive chemicals similar to nicotine.

Rohr is now investigating the impact of insecticides on snail predators and disease transmission in northwest Senegal, as part of an experiment run by a research partnership called the Upstream Alliance, based in Pacific Grove, California.

Mather developed a similar «drive through» trap in 1987 called Damminix, which allows mice to disperse cotton balls treated with tick insecticide to their nests.

However, when the scientists accounted for other factors known to influence concentrations — such as a mother» s age and how much fish she ate — the association was significant for only two chemicals: a byproduct of the insecticide lindane called beta - HCH and a DDT metabolite.

Another called for eliminating the veterinary drug diclofenac, which kills vultures and other birds, as well as rodenticides, insecticides, and poison bait.

WHO recommends that so - called long - lasting insecticide - treated nets be replaced after 3 years.

Even more worrying are so - called «super bug» mosquitoes, that show resistance to more than one insecticide.

The team found superconductivity in the solid form of a compound called carbon disulfide, CS2, which is sometimes used in liquid form as a chemical solvent or insecticide.

Bees can get an extra-large dose of insecticides when they drink water that has been produced through a process called guttation (Guh - TAY - shun).

At high doses these insecticides, called neonics for short, can also poison bees.

GMO Corn for example was combined with bacteria in order to produce its own insecticide, called Bt - toxin.

Organic Coconut Oil: The coconut oil that has been extracted from coconuts obtained from coconut palms raised only on organic manure and no synthetic fertilizers, insecticides etc., and without the involvement of any chemical in its extraction or processing, is called the organic coconut oil.

Well, potatoes produce these natural insecticide compounds called glycoalkaloids to keep potato beetles from nibbling on them — they're not stupid.

On that Tuesday in January, when her life changed forever, Martine Rhodes woke with a headache, developed a sour stomach after washing down two aspirin with grapefruit juice, guaranteed herself an epic bad - hair day by mistakenly using Dustin's shampoo instead of her own, broke a fingernail, burnt her toast, discovered ants swarming through the cabinet under the kitchen sink, eradicated the pests by firing a spray can of insecticide as ferociously as Sigourney Weaver wielded a flamethrower in one of those old extraterrestrial - bug movies, cleaned up the resultant carnage with paper towels, hummed Bach's Requiem as she solemnly consigned the tiny bodies to the trash can, and took a telephone call from her mother, Sabrina, who still prayed for the collapse of Martie's marriage three years after the wedding.

While only 11 % of all calls to the APCC are about insecticides, over 50 % of the calls to the APCC involving cats pertain to felines exposed to insecticides.

«About 20 percent of the calls are about insecticides, which are commonly used on pets for flea control or around the house to control crawling and flying bugs,» the organization wrote in a press release.

If your house becomes infested, you might need to buy an aersol insecticide bomb or fogger or call a professional exterminator.

Most calls to the poison control center were due to exposure to insecticides, rodenticides, and herbicides.

The worst offenders are the so called «pyrethrins» which includes permethrin, one of the most common insecticides used to treat flea infestations in dogs.

Though several flea shampoos have several active and inactive ingredients, the most common one to kill the fleas is an insecticide chemical called Pyrethrins.

Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide found in flea and tick products that acts as an insect neurotoxin and belongs to a class of chemicals called the neonicotinoids, says Khalsa.

In this particular collar, the insecticide is an active ingredient called imidacloprid and is seen in prescription anti-flea and tick products.

According to a report published by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last November, a variety of flea and tick pesticides contain chemicals called «organophosphate insecticides,» or OPs, which have been linked to brain damage, harm to the human endocrine system, and certain kinds of cancer.

While insecticides come in at No. 7 again, the percentage of calls was down from 2016.

The third most common cause of calls regarding cat poisonings involved insecticides.

Cats exposed to household / garden insecticides and cats inappropriately treated with a topical flea and tick medication meant for dogs accounted for 9 % of all calls.

According to Dr. Wismer, more than one in ten calls to the poison control center in 2011 — or over 18,000 unique cases — related to insecticides.

It was something we veterinarians call contact dermatitis, which is basically a localized allergic reaction to an offense substance which can be a detergent, floor cleaner, lawn chemical, insecticide, or a product you put on your pet.

Call an exterminator to determine the best insecticides and pet safe approaches.

Pelican populations are doing well now, but they had a close call with the introduction of insecticides like DDT to the ecosystem — their numbers dwindled dangerously low and they were listed as endangered in 1970.

Pretty soon the call would go out to get the Flit, which was the commercial name on the side of the pump sprayer of insecticide we used on the bugs that were starting to bother us.