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Integrated approach can include the use of bait stations, burrow traps, furrow fumigation, and the placement of owl boxes.

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) was first discovered in the United States in 1954. Today, the pest costs soybean farmers an ...

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae ...

Banker plants are valuable against common strawberry pests, such as aphids, thrips, and two-spotted spider mites. Cereal banker plants combat this scourge through an ongoing supply of non-pest aphids, ...

An IAEA international research project has developed improvements to the sterile insect technique that are applicable to a wide range of insect pests. These improvements could red ...

By keeping rodents and small fruit-eating birds out of the orchards, kestrels were found to be an effective means of pest ...