California’s nation-leading agriculture industry pumps more than 180 million pounds of pesticides into fields each year. Now, ...

Secondary school students Misha Hegde and Mia Maurer are investigating whether special viruses, called bacteriophages, can be ...

As DA’s crop protection hub, RCPC promotes research, innovation, and collaboration to ensure sustainable pest control. Its ...

As global food demand continues to increase, effective pest control remains one of agriculture's most pressing challenges.

In February, during the flowering time of black cumin (Nigella sativa), beekeeper Pavel Hossen set up an apiary on leased ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge gave the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service three years to assess the effects of five pesticides on endangered plants and animals in a win for environmental advocates who ...

A U.S. federal judge recently ordered the Trump administration’s Fish and Wildlife Service to complete assessments on the impacts of six pesticides and the steps needed to protect endangered species ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in combating the threat fall armyworm poses to Asian rice security.

Farmers across America face a counterintuitive problem, according to new research. The very chemicals they spray to kill ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service must formally evaluate the impacts of five pesticides on endangered species, a federal judge has ordered.

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite.