Neonicotinoids face growing resistance
Neonicotinoid insecticides are important for managing Colorado potato beetles and aphids in potatoes, but challenges to their use are growing.
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How to stop colorado potato beetles from sacking Your spuds
Colorado potato beetle (CPB) populations have an amazing ability to develop resistance to insecticides — including many of the carbamate, ...
Colorado potato beetle insecticide resistance requires vigilance, stewardship
Over the past two decades in the Midwest, neonicotinoid insecticides have been the most commonly used management tool for the ...
This beetle was one of the first to be attacked with chemicals, and it’s been very successful at evolving past those attacks
The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super ...
A unique remedy against harmful insects has been created in Russia
Russian scientists from the State Agrarian University of Novosibirsk, together with colleagues from the UK, have for the first time ...
5 steps to distinguish abiotic vs. biotic problems in potatoes
Many things can go wrong when growing a potato crop. Some problems are caused by biotic factors — living organisms ...
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