Insect Growth Articles & Analysis
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Specific insecticides include the following five categories: attractants, repellants, antifeedants, sterile agents, and insect growth regulators. Attractants attract pests by sex or bait. Repellents keep pests away from where the drug is. ...
Due to their natural origin, biopesticides are assumed to be less harmful to beneficial insects, including bees, and therefore their use has been widely encouraged for crop protection. ...
Previous studies have used the Oomen et al. (1992) methodology primarily to identify pesticides with insect‐growth disrupting properties of pesticide formulations, which are less reliant on identifying realistic exposure scenarios (e.g. de Rujiter and Van der Steen 1987). ...
In this study, the degradation of novaluron (benzoylphenyl urea insect growth regulator) was investigated under controlled laboratory conditions in clay loam alluvial and coastal saline soils of West Bengal, India. ...