Refining Pesticides to Kill Pests, Not Bees
November 22, 2017
November 22, 2017
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 22 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release:
Pyrethroid pesticides are effective. Sometimes too effective.
Researchers at Michigan State University's entomology department have unlocked a key to maintain the insecticide's effectiveness in eliminating pests without killing beneficial bugs, such as bees. The study, featured in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that molecular tweak . . .
Pyrethroid pesticides are effective. Sometimes too effective.
Researchers at Michigan State University's entomology department have unlocked a key to maintain the insecticide's effectiveness in eliminating pests without killing beneficial bugs, such as bees. The study, featured in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that molecular tweak . . .