In the midst of an ongoing debate over the role of the pesticides in the deaths of bees, the European Union will restrict their use for 2 years.
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A new report says that neonicotinoids are poisonous to some birds at lower concentrations than previously indicated.
Bees, the pollinators of a third of the world’s food crops, are in peril. And that’s about the only thing scientists, environmentalists, policy makers, and agro-industrialists can agree on.
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A hormone called jasmonate mediates plants' responses to touch and can boost defenses against pests.
Field studies reveal non-virulent bacteria take advantage of their virulent counterparts to get a free pass into their host.
Neuroscientist Mona Thiruchelvam agrees to retract two studies linking neurodegeneration to pesticides.
Transgenic cotton plants that produce their own insecticide bolster local insect predator populations, which could serve as better long-term solutions to crop pests.
Infested plants pass on a defense memory of pests and pathogens to help the next generation withstand invasions.
By cultivating detoxifying bacteria in its gut, a pest called the bean bug can become instantly resistant to a common insecticide.
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