Archive for March, 2008
Friday 28 March 2008 @ 1:03 am
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If you can't raise your own beneficial bugs, rent some until the …
North County Times, CA - Begin your biological insecticide campaign by walking around the yard looking for troublemakers. Study the undersides of leaves for clinging aphids. … |
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Thursday 27 March 2008 @ 10:03 pm
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MNR to test spray here
Simcoe Reformer, Canada - An insecticide that specifically targets gypsy moth will likely be used in Norfolk forests this spring as a test to see if the product should be … |
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Thursday 27 March 2008 @ 10:03 pm
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Self-taught inventor’s “green” dream
Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam - Since then Ngoc has invented a device for cultivating sloped lands, a fertilizer-insecticide sprayer, a valve operated by a float, a device to retain … |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 @ 2:03 am
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Fruit thinning
East Texas Review, TX - As soon as three-quarters of the blooms have dropped off, begin to put on cover sprays of an approved insecticide plus an approved fungicide. … |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 @ 1:03 am
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Insecticides'not attractive' in male fish
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - "This, however, would depend on how complete is our understanding of the natural history of the species in a particular habitat." |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 @ 1:03 am
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Creating an indoor garden
Gladwin County Record, MI - They contain a slow-release fertilizer plus insect protection (MERIT(r) insecticide) that lasts up to eight weeks. Just insert in the soil using the … |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 @ 1:03 am
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Stop the Mutants!
New York Times, United States - Natural selection can also, sometimes, be an agent of genetic uniformity. If natural selection consistently favors the same trait — such as insecticide… |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 @ 12:03 am
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New Zealand ag officials say natural predators there keep light
Monterey County Herald, CA - Ironically, this is because use of an insecticide targeting the moth was discontinued in 2001. The pesticide was killing insects that normally eat the light … |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 @ 12:03 am
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When bugs attack azaleas, look to natural defenses
Augusta Chronicle (subscription), GA - You can see that you need to time insecticide application from late March through early April. This will control the first generation of lace bugs and, … |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 @ 12:03 am
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Alfalfa beetle stopped by natural enemy
Auburn Citizen, NY - From the 1940s, farmers managed the alfalfa snout beetle mostly with poison baits, but in 1963 insecticide residues began showing up in local milk and … |
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