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RNA-based Biopesticide Kills 98.3 Per Cent of Colorado Potato Beetles

A Vancouver, B.C.-based company has announced that an independent test of its environmentally safe, RNA-based biopesticide technology was found to have 98.3 per cent mortality...

Diploid Potato Variety Resistant to Colorado Potato Beetles Developed

A group of researchers have developed a diploid potato variety which is resistant to Colorado potato beetles, a recently published study in Crop Science...

Colorado Potato Beetles are a Mile-High Headache

Entomologists not ready to throw in the towel against nasty pest — Colorado Potato Beetles. The Colorado potato beetle continues to frustrate farmers and take...

Stacked Potato Plants Show CPB Resistance

New potato varieties with stacked genes in them are showing resistance to Colorado potato beetles (CPB), a study by scientists at Nigde Omer Halisdemir...

Study Explains Neonicotinoid Resistance in CPBs

A new study has found when Colorado Potato Beetles (CPBs) receive even small doses of the neonicotinoid pesticide, imidacloprid, it can alter how the...

Monitoring Aphids

Aphids are small (one to four millimetres), soft-bodied sucking insects. Their life cycle is complex and includes both winged and wingless forms. Wingless aphids...

RNA-based Biopesticide Kills 98.3 Per Cent of Colorado Potato Beetles

A Vancouver, B.C.-based company has announced that an independent test of its environmentally safe, RNA-based biopesticide technology was found to have 98.3 per cent mortality...

Diploid Potato Variety Resistant to Colorado Potato Beetles Developed

A group of researchers have developed a diploid potato variety which is resistant to Colorado potato beetles, a recently published study in Crop Science...

Colorado Potato Beetles are a Mile-High Headache

Entomologists not ready to throw in the towel against nasty pest — Colorado Potato Beetles. The Colorado potato beetle continues to frustrate farmers and take...

Stacked Potato Plants Show CPB Resistance

New potato varieties with stacked genes in them are showing resistance to Colorado potato beetles (CPB), a study by scientists at Nigde Omer Halisdemir...

Study Explains Neonicotinoid Resistance in CPBs

A new study has found when Colorado Potato Beetles (CPBs) receive even small doses of the neonicotinoid pesticide, imidacloprid, it can alter how the...

Monitoring Aphids

Aphids are small (one to four millimetres), soft-bodied sucking insects. Their life cycle is complex and includes both winged and wingless forms. Wingless aphids...