1. 19/1/1996 Information about controlling cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) without commercial insecticides.
  2. 19/10/1994 ECHO was contacted with a vivid description of problems of leaf-cutter ants in Guyana. The farmers even tried building water filled moats around plants but the ants built leaf bridges and crossed right over. Jack bean and Sesame may help control leaf-cutter ants.
  3. 19/10/1995 Chickpea leaves and pods exude extremely acidic (pH 2) droplets which repel most pests from attacking the plant. But recently the pod borer, which eats the contents of the pods, has become tolerant to the acid and has devastated crops in Asia.
  4. 19/3/1999 La mosca cornuda se ha controlado con insecticidas en EE.UU. desde principios de los años 50. Un medio de control alternativo y mecánico (la trampa de la mosca cornuda) se desarrolló antes de la segunda guerra mundial, pero ésta nunca logró llegar a ser fundamental en la agricultura a causa del...
  5. 19/2/1998 Kerosene Emulsifiable Concentrate is an insecticide (at times it acts as a fungicide) which has a very wide spectrum as far as dealing with various insects is concerned.
  6. 19/7/1999 The diamondback caterpillar,Plutella xylostella, (larva of amoth) is a very serious pest of cabbage and other crops. When highly fertilized collard greens (B. oleracea, Acephala Group), a related vegetable, are planted completely around a field, moths lay their eggs on the collards rather than on...
  7. 19/12/1999 In a study done by the University of Georgia, scientists showed that plants send out very specific signals for parasitic wasps to come to their aid when under attack by herbivores.
  8. 19/10/1996 Grasshoppers and locusts cause extensive damage to a wide variety of crops and can be persistent in gardens year after year. Several ideas for their control are presented.
  9. 20/4/2002 Plant-parasitic nematodes are a problem for farmers throughout the tropics and subtropics. Most species of nematodes are not actually plant or animal parasites, but the ones that are parasitic make up a small but important minority.
  10. 20/7/2003 Un artículo publicado en la edición de marzo de 1998 de The IPM Practitioner presentaba el uso de boratos para la protección de la madera contra las termitas, escarabajos perforadores de la madera, hormigas carpinteras y hongos.