While not toxic to people or most animals, pesticides to protect spruce and fir trees against budworm could also hurt the ...

The most common microbial pesticides are strains of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). The different strains kill a few specific species of larvae. For example, some Bt ingredients are meant to control ...

The county's Department of Public Works will be using a low altitude helicopter for granular pellet application, officials ...

Summer should be a time of relaxing and enjoying the outdoors. Unfortunately, once again, our community is dealing with an infestation of midges. Our office has received many complaints from ...

CSIRO scientists helped develop this insect-resistant cotton variety, using a gene derived from a soil bacteria, Bacillus ...

The pesticide, called MVP, is a protein produced by a strain of the Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) bacterium. The San Diego firm inserts the gene that produces the B.t. toxin into another bacterium ...