Tag: insecticide
ICRISAT intern wins top awards for developing bio-insecticide
The chemical composition of bullock’s heart plant is found to act as a defense mechanism against insect pests
A fungus that can degrade endosulfan identified
A group of scientists at Delhi University has now identified a fungus that can help degrade residue of an insecticide that poses danger to the environment as well as human health...............
Indian scientists find out how neem cells produce useful chemicals
A group of scientists from National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi have found that MVA pathway contributes to biosynthesis of limonoids in neem...………….
Judicious use of bioinsecticide may help control filariasis vector
Researchers have now found that using a commercially available bioinsecticide – spinosad – in right doses can help control Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes that spread filariasis................