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Flavonoids produced by sorghum leaves have shown promising results in combating fall armyworm larvae. When sprayed on the leaves of corn, sorghum flavonoids stunt the growth of fall armyworm and often kill the pest, Penn State researchers report in a new study.The results of the ...

The agrochemical industry is poised to boom, given the recent rise in awareness amongst farmers about improving their yields exponentially. With aggressive awareness campaigns by Government and stakeholders, farmers today are more conducive to adopting agrochemicals to support bi...

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing for public comment a second addendum to the?2016 draft human health risk assessment?and a draft ecological risk assessment for dicamba, an herbicide used to control a variety of broadleaf weeds. The Federal Insecticide, F...

Ants can be more effective than pesticides at helping farmers produce food, according to new research. They are better at killing pests, reducing plant damage, and increasing crop yields, according to the first systematic review of ants’ contributions to crop production.Ants are ...

The caterpillars are the larvae of the fall armyworm moth, a planetary crop invader. The annual toll of their attacks is at least $300 million for farmers in the U.S., and billions of dollars around the globe.But now scientists from the University of Missouri are on the edge of a...

The EU is weighing accelerating the development of manure-based fertilisers to limit reliance on Russian-made alternatives and the gas needed for domestic production.The Spanish and Dutch governments are "opening a new focus" on treating manure and using it instead of traditional...

Wheat is an essential staple food across the world and is crucial for global food security. Amid the invasion of Ukraine, global wheat supply has taken a dive. July’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the USDA reports U.S. wheat exports are projected at ...

The Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) decided to ban the use of the fungicide, carbendazim.After the completion of a toxicological reassessment of the active ingredient, the decision was taken unanimously in a Resolution of the Collegiate Board of Directors (...

In a research study, originally published in?Frontiers in Plant Science, May 2021, Vol. 12:660224, the biostimulant properties of humic acids (HA) were tested on Micro Tom tomato plants under increasing nutritional stress. The results confirmed the positive role humic acids play ...

India’s population stands at a whopping 140 crores, with trends aggressively pointing to a rise. In such a scenario, it is pivotal for the country to be assured that its resources will be enough to fulfil the needs of its people in times to come. While agriculture is vital to cre...