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To Bee or not to Bee

Published on 28.01.2021
Bees are essential for the environment and our food supply in a number of different ways. Can we survive without them? Depends on whom you ask, but it will certainly cause a chain reaction. First, plants that are pollinated exclusively by bees will probably die off. And this will probably trigger ...

Pest Control pre-emptive strategy - Mating disruption

Published on 23.11.2020
Most of commonly used pest control practices focus on the damaging stages of the pests to crops. However, the damage might occur between the time the pest problem is recognized, and pest management actions are taken. One of the novel pest control pre-emptive strategies that will interrupts the reproductive cycle ...

Sustainable use of Pesticides: No-Go or Go?

Published on 23.11.2020
In the race to maintain high volumes of agricultural production, many countries use some agricultural practices, that can be dangerous to ecosystems and humans. The economic benefits of high production and sufficient supply of affordable food should be balanced out against possible harms to environment, public health and quality of ...