This is Somerset To protect this fragile plant when we plant it in the spring, we buy seed coated in the infamous, soon to be banned insecticide , neonicotinoid. The reason we procure this expensive seed treatment is to protect the plant at the cotyledon stage ...
eNews Park Forest Insecticide sales have soared over the past year as target insects have developed resistance to crops genetically engineered (GE) to incorporate an insecticide . Contrary to industry claims that the technology would reduce pesticide use, crops like corn ...
Phys.Org The insecticide would work by interfering with an enzyme found in the nervous systems of mosquitoes and many other organisms, called acetylcholinesterase. Existing insecticides target the enzyme but affect a broad range of species, said entomologist ...