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In 2020, pest insects and spider mites in nine greenhouse horticultural crops were controlled biologically on 95 percent of the acreage, for example by parasitic wasps or predatory mites.?In 2016, this was 92 percent, in 2012 it was still 78 percent.?For each of the crops studied...

University of Sydney scientists are developing insecticides that target two major pests of honey bees but are completely safe for the bees and other animals.Today, on World Bee Day, and beyond, they plan to combat the Varroa mite and the small hive beetle, which are leading cause...

In February, the State Council announced that a survey of China’s soil would be carried out, 40 years after the last one. It will take almost four years to complete, with preparatory works and trials already underway and its conclusion scheduled for the second half of 2025.Reflec...

Though Africa has a quarter of the world’s arable land, its crop productivity falls well below the world average, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Much of that is due to poor quality seeds and constraints facing smallholder farmers, according to?a new study?that suggests ...

The news out of Brazil in recent weeks was the potential for Brazil to start exporting corn to China maybe as soon as the end of this year if they can work out phytosanitary standards. Additional news out of Brazil is that they may start exporting corn to the European Union as we...

New CABI-led research, working in conjunction with the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), proposes the establishment of local Biological Control Agent (BCA) hubs to fight the devastating fall armyworm pest in Bangladesh.The scientists, who published their findings...

Agriculture ministers of European Union have issued a warning that drastically cutting pesticide use in the European Union may have an impact on crop output during this period of great uncertainty.At the recent Agriculture and Fisheries Council (Agrifish) meeting in Brussels, mem...

When the United Nations’ recent estimates predicted that the world population will touch 9.8 billion by 2050, agriculture, in this context, commands far more value today than ever before.At this juncture, people, experts, agriculturists and world leaders alike have started consid...

Evolution is pretty wild. A random mutation occurs, and if that is beneficial, the mutation becomes dominant over generations and the species evolves. Does it always happen in one individual and then spread, or can the same trait evolve in different places at the same time?The la...

Data shows that in the first half year of 2022, China’s production of chemical pesticides recorded 1.297 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%.In June 2022, the national production of chemical pesticides was 219,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.1%.?Source: ASKCI