The Environmental Protection Agency has restored and revised Obama-era regulations requiring a buffer zone where people cannot be present during pesticide applications. The Application Exclusion Zone ...

The contamination of the environment by pesticides cannot be prevented by purification facilities and trapping devices.

It's hard to believe it is already that time of year again — time to get ready to gear up for planning season and hit the fields running! Now is a good time to make sure you're ready by completing ...

In traditional agriculture, crop disease control often relies on the extensive spraying of chemical pesticides. However, this “one-size-fits-all” approach not only wastes resources but also risks ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 2, 2023) A study published in Pest Management Science finds resistance to insecticides like pyrethroids are challenging attempts to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Ae.

Several years ago Oklahoma State University Extension Entomologist Tom Royer started noticing tank-mixing of pyrethroid insecticide with winter top-dress nitrogen becoming more popular across his ...

Vapor drift of applied pesticides is an increasing concern. Among the major crops cultivated in the Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD), cotton receives most of the pesticides. An investigation was carried ...

In conventional agriculture, synthetic chemical pesticides are used in various crops such as arable farming, vegetable growing and viticulture. A study by the RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, ...

Insects, diseases and weeds, oh my! Keeping these pests at bay on a golf course is a constant challenge, but good results are increasingly achievable with the help of modern pesticides. Still, ...

Pesticides have posed soil non-point pollution and human health risks 1. A global pesticide study for agricultural soils revealed 387 different pesticides, such as alachlor, which had the highest ...