
Tag Archives Biological pest control

Biologicals look to solve pressing issues in agriculture
Greater investment pushes toward biological solutions

Natural pest control still a challenge
Pest control in potatoes is caught between growing pressure to cut back on common chemical tools and concerns over chemical rotation, but do biopesticides factor into the path forward?

Biocontrols often also invasive
They seem to be being unintentionally introduced the same way their prey is

It’s a bug-eat-bug world, says Assiniboine faculty member
Researcher uses $25,000 NSERC grant to reduce pesticide use

Manitoba potato growers brace for wireworm issue
The loss of Lindane then Thimet has resulted in growing and booming wireworm populations across Canada

App will identify bugs and outbreaks in real time
Farmers and agronomists sought for testing app that will allow reporting and tracking of insect outbreaks

Manitoba crop insect and disease update
Conditions as of July 14, 2015

‘Pyramid’ approach to bug control may be too optimistic
Selection for resistance to one Bt toxin often causes cross-resistance to another

Swede midge threat looms over Manitoba canola crops
A deceptively tiny bug can wreak non-stop havoc in canola