Laccaic acid, thought to be produced by lac insects, is produced by a symbiont similar to the zombie ant fungus ...

The Philippine Coconut Authority has approved CropGuard, a locally developed organic pesticide, as a frontline solution against the devastating coconut scale insect or Cocolisap, according to a unit ...

Warm weather often means the emergence of pests —even on our houseplants. Summer is a crucial time to examine your indoor ...

The purpose of this study is to develop a coconut scale insect infestation forecasting system for Philippine Coconut Authority in Southern Luzon, Philippines. The system was developed using ...

The Philippine Coconut Authority  has approved an organic solution developed by Chemrez Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has i dentified the gene responsible for a ...

Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here’s What’s Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of ...

Orchids, with their striking and enduring blooms in vivid hues, make stunning yet easy-to-care-for additions to the home.

Are your trees dripping a sticky goo? The reason is that trees are often infested with aphids, scale or other insects that ...

The government has failed to stop the red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) from spreading and these have infested 2,027 hectares of sugarcane farms, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said on ...