Green plants produce a specific gas when under attack to both directly ward off herbivores and pathogens and indirectly lure in herbivore predators.
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Nigeria’s agricultural products are banned by many western countries because of toxic pesticides. Good regulation can address the problem.
Over hundreds of million years of evolution, ants have come up with some pretty smart solutions to problems of agriculture, navigation and architecture. People could learn a thing or two.
One way that farms can handle shortages of protective gear for workers is by switching to less-toxic pest control methods.
Certain wasps and flies which lay their eggs in specific species such as aphids could be a sustainable form of pest control.
Pesticides have become almost essential for agriculture, but their misuse can have negative effects on crops too.
The rice-eating fall armyworm has spread across Asia in a year and is now found in half the provinces of China.
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Research Group Leader, Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management, KU Leuven
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Research Associate in Chemical Ecology, Keele University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
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Teaching Professor of BioSciences, Rice University
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Lecturer in Integrated Crop Management, University of Neuchâtel
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Professor of Insect Chemical Ecology, Keele University
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