Sentences with phrase «managing insect pests»

The furthest developed at this stage is a construct that is lethal to the offspring of the released carriers, essentially a genetic equivalent of a traditional Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) for managing insect pests.

Dr. Lily Calderwood, a researcher at the University of Vermont, and a team of researchers have published an open - access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management that should help hop farmers in the northeastern U.S. to manage insect pests.

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Organic farmers have a very limited number of materials in their toolbox to manage pests such as insects and weeds.

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.