Cotton pests can impact yield and fiber quality. Learn how IPM strategies help growers protect crops all season long.

Heating an insecticide can give it new life. Microwaving the insecticide deltamethrin rearranges its crystal structure but doesn’t change its chemical composition. The rearrangement renews ...

Producers who treat resistance management as a proactive strategy can maintain more effective control over time.

Scientists at UC Riverside have found a clever new way to outsmart termites—by turning their own instincts against them.

Researchers replace resistant gene with susceptible counterpart, opening the door to new methods that could fight malaria and reduce pesticide use Insecticides play a central role in efforts to ...

Insecticide-treated bed nets remain one of the most effective tools in malaria prevention, acting both as a physical barrier ...

Insecticides are chemicals that are used to kill or control insects. They are an important tool in modern agriculture and public health efforts to combat insect-borne diseases. One such insecticide ...

Swat. Spray. Repeat. This is the dance humans and mosquitoes have been doing for decades, ever since the rise of chemical insecticides following World War II. The pest control industry in the U.S. is ...

In the summer, many people turn to mosquito repellents to reduce the insects' buzzing and bites. One solution that has become ...