Regardless of planting choices, few farmers escape genetically modified crops. More than four-fifths of U.S. soybean, corn, and cotton acres are planted with them, according to The Associated Press, ...
LAWRENCE — As delegates from 195 nations meet in Paris to debate mankind’s response to global climate change, scientists from the University of Kansas and Rothamsted Research in England today issue a ...
With infectious diseases increasing worldwide, the need to understand how and why disease outbreaks occur is becoming increasingly important. Looking for answers, a team of biologists found broad ...
In a new study, which examined the landscapes of pests radiating from GMO crops, researchers found that GMO crops are enabling non-GMOs to flourish with fewer pesticides. ByTiffany Dill Friday, March ...
The seven-spotted ladybug feasts on aphids on potato plants. This is a classic case of when natural habitat can help farmers control pests. (Photo: Matthias Tschumi) Songbirds and coffee farms in ...
(Beyond Pesticides, April 18, 2023) Crop diversification is effective at reducing pest abundance in growing climates across the globe, according to a meta-analysis published this month in the Journal ...
(Beyond Pesticides, November 19, 2020) A new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) finds that crop diversity in commercial agriculture is just as essential to ...
QINGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 19, 2020 - A farmer sprays herbicide. Enko Chem has raised $45 million from Gates Foundation and other investors to make pesticides that are better for the environment and safer ...
New research shows how large-scale climatic changes drive a coordinated rise and fall of numbers of aphids across Great Britain, even when individual aphid populations in that nation are separated by ...