Insects the efficient plastic decomposers
Insects like Galleria mellonella, Corcyra cephalonica have potential of fast and eco-friendly plastic decomposers. This result in ethylene glycol production…
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Natural insecticides utility to overcome synthetic insecticide in integrated pest management
Plant extracts have been used as biological pesticides for many decades. The first botanical or natural insecticides was used in…
Insects play a vital role as a food
Insects play a vital role as a food: Insects belong to class insecta and Phylum Arthropoda. Approximately 2-3 billion species…
Biotechnology Plays a Significant Role to Control Insect Pests of Agricultural Crops
Today insect pests have been one of most important problem in food production. Previous research have been proved that 1/3…
Advances and prospects of RIDL technology in insect pest management
Release of Insect carrying Dominant Lethal gene – RIDL technology is just like Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). In this technology…
Plant Insects and Diseases a Risk for Future Agriculture
When we talk about the challenge of ending hunger and feeding a growing global population, most of the focus is…
Castor bean (Ricinus Communis): A potential alternative to synthetic insecticides for the eco-friendly management of insect pests stored commodities
Habib-ur-Rehman1, Mansoor-ul-Hasan2, Saima Mirza1, Qurban Ali3, Najaf awais2 Storage is a vital part of farm produce Castor Bean in order…
Pest control labs can fight insect-borne diseases
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has opened nuclear pest control labs to fight disease spreading insect and pests and damage…
Insects as a bioweapon
Biological weapons are also known as germ weapons, some disease producing agents such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, fungi, toxins, or other biological agents that may be used…
FRUIT FLY- A Serious Insect Pest of Horticultural Crops in Pakistan.
Fruit fly is a serious pest of fruits and vegetables in Pakistan. It causes intensive fruit losses from 50 to…
Life without you "The insect"
Today I am going to talk about a tiny creature having three-segmented body (head, thorax and abdomen) covered in…
Entomo-Pathogenic Nematode (EPNs), an assassinator of insect pests
Today, in the field of pest management the trend of Entomo-pathogenic nematodes (EPNs) application is emerging…