Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday 30 July 2008 @ 2:07 pm
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Odor map helps synthesize smells
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Oregano, a member of the Lamiaceae family of plants, has been known to be a natural insecticide because it apparently inhibits egg laying and larval … |
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Wednesday 30 July 2008 @ 1:07 pm
 MLive.com |
Be on guard in mid-summer for pests, disease
MLive.com, MI - Using an insecticide also may kill natural predators such as ladybugs, lacewing and predatory mites. Insecticidal soap or botanical insecticides work to … |
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Wednesday 30 July 2008 @ 11:07 am
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Ellen Raff of Dallas: The secret garden agents
Dallas Morning News, TX - Soon the Chief explained another secret weapon to us – a natural insecticide that BUGs hate, extracted from a tree in Africa. "Insecticide" is a euphemism … |
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Friday 25 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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Soybean Aphid Numbers Rising in Valley
Dakota Farmer, SD - Insecticides also kill natural enemies of soybean aphid (such as lady beetles and damsel bugs), and re-invading aphid populations can increase very rapidly … |
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Friday 25 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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Report asks Uganda govt to shelve aside DDT use
Africa Science News Service, Kenya - But erratic spraying of DDT could make mosquitoes resistant to the insecticide and render the fight against malaria ineffective. … |
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Friday 25 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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Gardening: How to grow a Leyland Cypress Hedge
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - If you find aphids, spray them either with a systemic insecticide (one that is taken up by the plant and so kills the aphid when it feeds) or a contact … |
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Friday 25 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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EPA is praised and damned for its actions and lack of actions on …
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Mae Wu, health attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, added: "When EPA doesn't consider how a hazardous pesticide could impact the health of … |
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Friday 25 July 2008 @ 1:07 am
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County to spray city for mosquitoes July 23
Hudson Hub-Times, Ohio - For insect abatement, SCHD will use permethrin, a synthetic chemical similar to the natural insecticide pyrethrum which comes from the chrysanthemum plant. … |
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Friday 25 July 2008 @ 1:07 am
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Investment Report of China Fertilizer & Pesticide Industry, 2000 …
MarketWatch - Main Business: production and sales of fertilizer and chemical materials; diversification direction: natural gas chemical industry and coal chemical … |
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Friday 25 July 2008 @ 12:07 am
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My so-called glamorous life as a foreign correspondent
Los Angeles Times, CA - By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer APPROACHING HAVANA — The blast of insecticide jolted me awake. A Mexicana flight attendant had just … |
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