Tom Puterbaugh, Spensa Technologies vice president of products, and Spensa CEO Johnny Park prepare to install Z-Traps in an apple orchard. The Z-Trap is a Purdue discovery that has the potential to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Spensa Technologies Inc., a precision agriculture startup in Purdue Research Park, received a $630,000 SBIR Phase 2 grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its ...

Like most invasive species, when the soybean aphid arrived in the Midwest in 2000, it brought none of its natural enemies along for the ride. So, naturally, finding itself in the soybean capital of ...

Farmers of Patuakhali are getting the opportunity to use the solar-powered insect trap that kills most of the pests that wreak havoc on crops. A solar-powered insect trap stores power in a battery, ...

Surveys are ongoing and are crucial to understanding the insect's impact in the state and will help experts determine the best course of action to eliminate the pests, said state agriculture officials ...

Sustainable agriculture is a term that emphasizes the balanced use of natural resources and external inputs for optimum economic benefit. Organic farming is a specialized system within the umbrella of ...

With spring rains promising a bumper crop of mosquitoes, some Floridians may consider buying expensive high-tech traps that use carbon dioxide to lure the bloodsuckers. But University of Florida ...

I’ve noticed what appear to be insect traps hanging in trees throughout Torrance. Some traps are green and some are yellow. – Kathy McCarthy, Redondo Beach Those probably are insect traps placed and ...

Coimbatore: An ‘Insect trap’, developed by Dr S. Mohan, professor of Agricultural Entomology of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has found utility in France for corn storage. According to a ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 24, 2017) Over 75% of insect abundance has declined over the last 27 years, according to new research published by European scientists in PLOS One. The dramatic drop in ...