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Natural Odors and Development of Mosquito Repellents
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 26, 2009
Entomologists have identified a new class of odorants - chemical compounds with smells - present in ripening fruit that prevent the CO2-sensitive neurons in the antennae of fruit flies from functioning, thus enabling them to find their way to such foods. Researchers say that these findings may pav...
Eco-friendly Pesticides Derived from Herbal Essentail Oils
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 17, 2009
...ng the use of essential oils derived from herbs such as rosemary, thyme, clove, and mint as natural pesticides for use against agricultural as well as household pests.
"We are exploring the pote... ...tial oils derived from herbs such as rosemary, thyme, clove, and mint as natural pesticides for use against agricultural as well as household pests.
"We are exploring the potential use of natura...
Jasmonic Acid Treatment Cuts Down Pesticide Use
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 9, 2009
...wide exclusive licence on the use of jasmonic acid as a natural seed treatment to help cut down on pesticide use on some commercially-important agricultural crops.
Researchers at Lancaster University...
Prepare Your Kids Against Head Lice This Summer
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 1, 2009
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LiceMD® is introducing pediatric doctors and nurses to a pesticide-free breakthrough treatment that will help take control of lice outbreaks while restoring households with so... ...he weather gets warmer, schools close for the summer and kids venture off to camp, they are once again faced with the risk of catching head lice. Many kids do not realize that head lice can be spread ...
Giant Knotwood Extract Regalia Biopesticide
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 26, 2008
... Marrone Organic Innovations, Inc. has launched Regalia® SC , a new biopesticide for controlling both fungal and bacterial disease in a wide range of fruit, ornamental and vegetable crops.
The ... ...re extracted from the knotweed have been proven to stimulate the crops' natural defense system
against plant pathogens.
Regalia is said to prevent these crop diseases by "switching on the pl...
Oregano Oil As Pesticide Against Beetles
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 26, 2008
...al of the Science of Food and Agriculture indicates that oregano oil is as effective as synthetic pesticides in controlling the presence of the common beetle, Rhizoppertha Dominica , in store...
Parkinson's Disease and Pesticide Use
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 31, 2008
...son's disease - especially in men.
Now, as reported in The Washington Post , the use of pesticide is associated to the development of Parkinson's disease:
Parkinson's disease has...
Fruit Peel May Be Healthy: But Will You Eat It?
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 11, 2007
...(or cooked!) , it would be difficult to eat such peels raw.
And then there's the question of pesticide used in growing fruit trees, that will definitely land on the peels. In this case, better...
Genetically Modified Eggplants Goes on Field Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2007
The development of pest-resistant eggplants genetically-modified to express a natural insecticide derived from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), thus making it resistant to the fruit and shoot borer (FSB), is moving from greenhouse experiments to large-sclae field trials.
All the safe...
Hidden Fronts Uncovered Monday
in XboxSpace, on September 1, 2007
... the Kryll.
Garden
This overgrown and crumbling conservatory still has a working fertilization and pesticide system. This system can pose a serious hazard to anyone who ventures into the greenhouse w... ...A few stray bullets could easily knock out the generator, leaving combatants to fend for themselves against the Kryll.
Garden
This overgrown and crumbling conservatory still has a working fertilizati...
Synthesis of Aazadirachtin Natural Insecticide from Neem Tree
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 27, 2007
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge reports the first synthesis of azadirachtin , a secondary metabolite first isolated from Neem tree seeds. It is a highly potent insecticide that inhibits the development of the larvae of a broad spectrum of destructive insects but is harml...
Lawsuit filed against chemical bomb turned pesticide
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on August 9, 2007
...ar II, a chemical called chlorpyrifos was used in chemical bombs. Nowadays, they just use it as a pesticide for cotton, corn, almonds, and fruit - among other things, like termite traps.
Sickening,... ...it? Well, actually it is. A farmer's union and several NGO's are working to file a lawsuit against the EPA because it is making farmers sick.
Last year, the chlorpyrifos bug spray was remov...
What's bad for the humans, is bad for the bees
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 17, 2007
... been killing the bees for quite some time. So what have they come up with?
Maybe it's the Pesticides .
Captain Obvious to the rescue. Gosh, I don't know what we would have done with...
Don't believe everything you read
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 16, 2007
...trail is so important
The American Chemistry Council was to fund an EPA study on the effects of Pesticides in young children. There were two big problems with this study however, and the stu...
Your Home and Your Food: Get It Chemical Free - Courtesy of the Tersano Lotus System
in Cool Picking, on June 11, 2007
...our home and even what's in or on your food to make sure that it's truly clean and chemical/pesticide free. It's more than just being "green" or eco-friendly. It's called bei... ...tely safe, natural cleaner and sanitizer, was named " Best Invention of 2006" by Time Magazine. Here's the technical version of what it does, dummied down a bit
"The System draws ...
Four New Gears of War Maps May 3rd
in XboxSpace, on May 1, 2007
...the Kryll.
Garden: This overgrown and crumbling conservatory still has a working fertilization and pesticide system. This system can pose a serious hazard to anyone who ventures into the greenhouse w... ...A few stray bullets could easily knock out the generator, leaving combatants to fend for themselves against the Kryll.
Garden: This overgrown and crumbling conservatory still has a working fertilizat...
Plant Foods and Breast Cancer
in Well Woman Blog, on March 27, 2007
.... Meat, fish and poultry have about twenty times and dairy foods about four and one half times more pesticide residues than soybeans. Similarly, soybeans contain fewer radioactive residues and no synt...
Breast Cancer and Pesticides
in Well Woman Blog, on February 1, 2007
...t? So, how do we get rid of them? Well, one solution is to use an insecticide. A variety of these pesticides is available.
However, these products may cause more problems than they solve. Not only ...
Combating the antisocial entrepreneurs
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on September 23, 2006
...e to admit it, natural entrepreneurs. So why do we burn opium fields in Afghanistan, or spray toxic pesticide over jungle drug farms in Columbia when we could probably be spending this same money by h...
Biofuel Facts
in IfEnergy, on August 23, 2006
... ethanol, biodiesel releases just 1.0%, 8.3%, and 13% of the agricultural nitrogen, phosphorus, and pesticide pollutants, respectively, per net energy gain.
*Relative to the fossil fuels biofuels di...
Alzheimer Medication Galantamine As Antidote to Nerve Agent and Pesticide Poisoning
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 10, 2006
...ven the most deadly organophosphorus compounds such as soman and sarin , which have been and may again be used as lethal chemical weapons during terrorist attacks.
Animal trials demonstrated that ...
Genetically modified crops don't reduce need for pesticides, study shows
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 30, 2006
...dified crops are short-lived because farmers quickly resort to spraying their fields with harmful Pesticides , says a report at checkbiotech.org.
Supporters of genetically modified crops have...
BioBullets: Environmentally Friendly Method of Mussel Control
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 3, 2006
For the last two decades, the zebra mussel , ( Dreissena polymorpha ), an invasive mollusk, has infested raw water cooling systems of power stations and water treatment works in the US, causing damages of approximately $1-5 billion per year. While chlorination can control the mollusk populati...
Equine West Nile Vaccine Production In Tobacco
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 2, 2006
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DowAgroSciences, traditionally involved in pesticide manufacture, has received Department of Agriculture approval to make a vaccine against Newcastle disease, which can infect poultry, in gene... ...nvolved in pesticide manufacture, has received Department of Agriculture approval to make a vaccine against Newcastle disease, which can infect poultry, in genetically engineered non-nicotine-producin...
Genetically Modified Cotton Field Monitoring
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 20, 2005
...y die, bringing insect population under control, which in turn reduce the necessity to use chemical pesticides.
Since widespread adoption of Bt cotton in 1997, insecticide use on Arizona's cotto...