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occurring where they are suited. But providing a habitat, and not using pesticides, they should stay and parasitize aphids. In commercial greenhouses, as...

sold in some areas, and are illegal in some areas. The most popular snail pesticides are baits which have metaldehyde or methiocarb in the form of pellets...

Virucides for the control of viruses Pesticides can also be classed as synthetic pesticides or biological pesticides, although the distinction can sometimes...

harm a person a good deal less than spraying a bunch of pesticide about - even the organic pesticides. At some point, however, a plant might get an excessive...

problematic pests through introduction of other species, not application of pesticides to kill that pest. An common example of this would be intercropping to...

systems can be set up to allow the farmer to have more yield and/or reduce pesticides. In the third world, tropical crops are used instead of temperate ones...

beginning of the 20th century, then with concern in the sixties about chemical pesticides, the ecological movement was born with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring....

lac scales. Scale insects' waxy covering makes them quite resistant to pesticides, which are only effective against the first-instar nymph crawler stage...

water; only about 20% compared to conventional gardening. No fertilizers or pesticides to handle -- it's all natural The planting method requires no thinning...

pest population. Repeated use of insecticides and herbicides and other pesticides also encourages rapid natural selection of resistant insects, plants and...

as edible as any other variety, provided it has not been treated with pesticides or other harmful chemicals. Kale Lutes can be classified by leaf type:...

plentiful bees for pollination. In areas of pollinator decline or high pesticide use, such as mosquito spray districts, gardeners nowadays frequently experience...

great natural control, especially in organic gardens where there is no pesticide to harm them or their voracious larvae which eat the aphids as well. These...

bought commercially and released to help control the population. Chemical pesticides known to be effective against mealybugs include malathion, diazinon, acephate...

They grow well in many farming conditions and have few natural enemies; pesticides are rarely needed. Sweet potatoes are grown on a variety of soils, but...

insect damage. Unrefined cottonseed oil is therefore sometimes used as a pesticide. In its natural unhydrogenated state cottonseed oil, like all vegetable...

lawns should only be grass, and that they should be highly treated with pesticides. This makes a hostile environment for bees, butterflies and other pollinators...

where irrigation is not needed. Cutting out all chemical fertilizer and pesticide, using only manure, weeding by hand, mowing with a push lawnmower can make...

traffic, logging, maintenance of highways and power lines, misapplication of pesticides, quarrying, and road building. Collection - Some populations have been...

Traditionally, the use of such input as fertilizers, weeding, irrigation, and pesticides are minimal, so present yield levels are low (average = 700 kg/hac). Greater...