Sentences with phrase «spraying insecticides»

Maintained the office lawn in proper condition by trimming and cutting shrubs and spraying insecticides, thus enhancing general appearance of building.

And starting this year, U.S. farmers will also be banned from spraying insecticides such as this one when bees are present.

Florida has been spraying insecticides daily, but mosquito control experts are still seeing new larval mosquitoes and «moderately high» counts of Aedes aegypti, a species known to carry Zika.

That would be welcome, Leal says, because spraying insecticides is controversial.

The techniques are opposed by anti-GM groups, but advocates say they offer a real alternative to spraying insecticides, and have the potential to provide a better and more precise tool to combat agricultural pests and insects that spread human diseases.

«Spraying insecticides costs money.»

«We have some people who are spraying insecticides for these pests,» Blodgett said.

Malaria transmission can be reduced by preventing mosquito bites with mosquito nets and insect repellents, or by mosquito control by spraying insecticides inside houses and draining standing water where mosquitoes lay their eggs.

I keep seeing them come back in less than 1 week each time I spray insecticide.

Instead of spraying insecticide, they used a powder form of the larvicide pyriproxyfen, which sticks to the adults» bodies but doesn't harm them.

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.

Scientists have tried to fight the parasite by spraying the insecticide permethrin — also used in flea collars for dogs and in lice shampoos — onto nests.

Knols has since championed other schemes; using drones to spray insecticides, for instance, or letting a fungus kill mosquitoes.

They are a harmless nuisance but please do not spray any insecticide on the Live Grass or Live Catnip.

You can water your crops, spray insecticides, and collect your harvest like you would expect from a farming sim.

• Prepared and spray insecticides as required.

Not exact matches

An analysis published Sep. 16 in the journal Nature noted that insecticide - treated bed nets, insecticides sprayed on indoor surfaces, and prompt treatment with combination drug therapy collectively helped reduce the spread of malaria throughout a large swath of sub-Saharan Africa.

The Global Fund, underway in more than 140 countries, has delivered 104 million insecticide treated bed nets and 108 million highly effective doses of malaria medicines, and has also protected millions of homes through indoor spraying.

Spraying or dusting with insecticide can be justified only when control is needed for other insects.

They're often heavily sprayed with insecticides.

They can be controlled, but probably not eliminated, by closing up the greenhouse and fumigating it by spraying a flying insect insecticide.

I think they may be immune to it and that the natural enemies have been eliminated by the insecticide that I spray.

We always prefer mechanical removal of pests by water spraying or gentle scraping rather than the application of chemical insecticides.

Spray them with an aerosol insecticide.

Nevertheless, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation of insecticide - treated mosquito nets and indoor residual spraying are very ineffectual in tropical countries.

Starting in a particular month, all the streets, houses along with surrounding bushes, close - by swamps and water bodies should be sprayed with a specific insecticide.

Years ago, we used to have some kind of insect spraying equipment that looked like a pump... it had a can which contained the insecticide and a long arm for pumping the insecticide towards the target.

«Similarly, the cocoa mass spraying exercise was changed from the normal model of spraying by gangs to the distribution of sub-standard insecticides and fungicides to farmers to spray their own farms.

Tenth Place: Raley Schweinfurth, 18, of Portland, Ore., received a $ 40,000 award for her study of honey, soil and tree contamination levels following an insecticide - spraying incident in 2013 in Oregon that killed more than 50,000 bees.

Scientists are testing methods ranging from selective insecticide spraying to intelligent robotic traps to curb disease - carrying mosquitoes by harnessing the power of data collection and targeted interventions, according to a presentation at the AAAS annual meeting.

This study's finding — based on analysis of data from 1995 to 2014 — that the decline in under - five death was also accompanied by increases in PMI - funded malaria prevention technologies, such as insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying that are known to be effective malaria interventions, provides compelling and important new evidence of the likely effects of PMI funding.

In theory, spraying two different types of insecticide at once postpones resistance, as bugs that resist one type are killed by the other.

To evaluate the efficacy of indoor residual spraying against malaria, scientists place a piece of tape on the wall, pull it off, and then soak it in a chemical solution to see how much pyrethroid insecticide was applied.

It has a different mode of action from other insecticides, meaning that it could also be effective against mosquitos that rest and feed outdoors, as well as mosquitoes that are resistant to the standard insecticides used on bed nets and indoor spraying.»

In sub-Saharan Africa, multiple factors, including the widespread use of long - lasting insecticidal nets, indoor residual spraying, exposure to chemical pollutants, urbanization, and agricultural practices, are contributing to the selection of malaria mosquitoes that are highly resistant to several classes of insecticide.

This last does not involve blanket spraying with insecticides, but integrated pest management, possibly using milky spore disease (Bacillus popilliae) or parasitic wasps.

By midcentury, scientists had isolated the bacteria's toxic protein and were able to manufacture it in large - enough quantities to commercialize it as a spray - on insecticide.

Public health measures in Africa such as insecticide - treated bed nets and insecticide - spraying have helped reduce the numbers of malaria cases since 2000, but many mosquitoes have evolved resistance to insecticides.

In her landmark book, she documented a litany of evils observed after DDT and other organochlorine insecticides were sprayed on landscapes, rivers, and lawns: dead birds and paralyzed birds, pigeons dropping from the sky, bird nests without eggs and eggs that did not hatch, dead fish and fish swimming in circles, cancers in humans, and a buildup of DDT in the fat of animals and people.

In September the World Health Organization openly endorsed indoor spraying of DDT, saying it is not only the best weapon against malaria, it is also cheaper and more effective than other insecticides.

Despite the positive impact of medication, indoor spraying with insecticides and the use of insecticide bed - nets, around 429,000 people died from malaria in 2015, mostly in Africa, according to the World Health Organisation's World Malaria Report.

Researchers sprayed plots with water, insecticide or fungicide every week for 17 months.

Insecticides being sprayed on coffee plants in Uganda, a country with endemic schistosomiasis.

Wealthy residents or tourists in high - rise apartment buildings with screened windows, air conditioning and regular spraying of insecticides, even if located adjacent to these slums, are less likely to be exposed to such mosquitoes.

The first is pyridostigmine bromide, a drug that protects against the effects of nerve gas, another is DEET, an insect spray applied to the skin, and the third is permethrin, an insecticide applied to clothes and blankets.

Protective clothing, like pants and long sleeves, can help prevent insect bites, Dr. Trevino says, as can spraying clothing, shoes and camping gear with the repellant and insecticide permethrin.

Neonicotinoid insecticides are neurotoxic and used around the world on broad varieties of crops, including common fruits and vegetables, through spray, soil and seed applications.

In the decades that follow, authorities spray more than 4 billion pounds of the insecticide worldwide, including on New York's Jones Beach.

A vector control program was also implemented, with indoor residual spraying and long - lasting insecticide nets provided in areas close to mosquito breeding sites.

Ester and his colleagues found that when they sprayed the lettuces with a carbamate or organic phosphate insecticide, in combination with (E)- beta - farnesene, the aphids emerged from the lettuces and just one - tenth of the recommended dose of the pesticide was enough to kill them.