WASHINGTON— California’s most-used insecticide, along with two other pesticides, is contaminated with potentially dangerous levels of PFAS “forever chemicals,” according to test results released today ...

But until this week, growers in the nation’s leading rice-producing state only had one insecticide approved for use on fall armyworms in rice - pyrethroid - and Lorenz says they are growing ...

The main insecticide sprayed is diflubenzuron, which kills insects in their immature stages. It is typically sprayed from airplanes over areas of at least 10,000 acres. Studies have shown the ...

Boric acid is a mineral found widely in nature, from seawater to soil. But when we talk about it as a pesticide, we’re ...

Eventually, over time, beetles, moths, flies and other insects develop genetic mutations that render the insecticide chemicals ineffective. Escalating resistance by these mutants forces farmers and ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency is slated to decide this year whether several controversial pesticides can stay on the ...

About 17,600 property owners in Central and Eastern Washington will begin to receive letters with information about a project to eradicate invasive beetles.

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, ...

He added that fertilisers and manure are also being provided. "We thought sending diluted insecticide into the affected parts drop by drop like a saline drip might help," another official said to ...

Limited launched Centran, a dual-action insecticide for paddy, offering stem borer control, enhanced root development, and ...