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US EPA opens comment period on draft biological opinion on malathion
2021-04-23
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) draft?biological opinion for the registration of malathion, an insecticide that is commonly used to control mosquitoes and a variety of insects that attack fruit...
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Way to India’s food security goals through agrochemicals
2021-04-23
According to the United Nations' Committee on World Food Security, the term food security means all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and heal...
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Pesticide use in Hungary averages 1.5 kg per hectare
2021-04-23
Pesticide use in Hungary averaged 1.5 kg per hectare in 2019, around the mid-range in a comparison with other European Union member states, news agency MTI reports, citing data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).The rate of pesticide use in Hungary was close to that...
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Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow’s pest control
2021-04-23
Various beetle species have gobbled through grain stores and weakened food production worldwide since ancient times. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a better way of targeting and eliminating these teeny pests. Instead of using toxic pesticides tha...
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Impact of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use must be considered crop by crop, pesticide b...
2021-04-23
The question of whether the increased adoption of genetically engineered (GE) crops has led farmers to use more or fewer pesticides is one of the most controversial questions confronting agricultural biotechnology. But a new?report?from the nonprofit Center for Science in the Pub...
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Wild barley from Jordan holds key to stem rust resistance
2021-04-23
Stem rust is a devastating disease of cereal crops, including barley, one of the first domesticated crops in agriculture and the fourth most widely grown crop in the world. Barley is unique because it is one of only a few crops that can be cultivated in almost any climate and acr...
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African potato industry doesn’t escape GMO resistance
2021-04-23
Early last year, Ugandan experts forecast 40-50% adoption of the new bioengineered potato 3R Victoria in 15 years’ time. Field trials showed significantly higher yields without the use of fungicide. The variety could boost income and strengthen food security for Ugandan potato fa...
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Study shows use of alternatives to 2,4-D could cost Brazil R$1.6 billion more per year
2021-04-23
A survey that maps the biological and economic aspects of the use of 2,4-D-based herbicides in agriculture in Brazil indicates that replacing them with other alternatives would represent an additional average cost of R$1.6 billion per year to crops.?This value is equivalent to 41...
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Betting on drones as smart agricultural tools for pesticide use in farms
2021-04-23
Drones could soon be adopted as essential tools for various agricultural tasks; however, with respect to their use in farm management, research is still lacking. To address this issue, researchers in Japan compared drones to well-established technologies for spraying pesticide ov...
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Brazil’s Mapa approves 39 generic pesticides
2021-04-15
Act No. 19?of the Department of Plant Protection and Agricultural Defense Secretariat Agricultural Inputs, published on April 13th, in the Official Gazette, announced the 39 generic crop protection products, also classified as formulated products, that can be used by farmers. Amo...
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