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Landec Corporation Reports First Half and Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) (biz.yahoo.com) - January 06, 2009
MENLO PARK, Calif.----Landec Corporation , today reported results for the first half and second quarter of fiscal year 2009. Revenues for the first six months of fiscal year 2009 increased 7% to $129…

Obama administration must lead on agriculture (AG Weekly) (agweekly.com) - January 06, 2009
Based on the global response to the presidential campaign and the election of our new president, the entire world will be watching the Obama administration.

New attempt to breed mosquitoes that die young naturally, in hopes of fighting dengue, malaria (Reading Eagle) (readingeagle.com) - January 06, 2009
WASHINGTON - Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger naturally, not poisoned.

UQ Scientists Closing The Zap On Dengue Fever (Medical News Today) (medicalnewstoday.com) - January 06, 2009
A mosquito-borne virus that each year harms up to 100 million people and kills more than 20,000 is a step closer to being controlled after a breakthrough by Queensland scientists.

Careful Land Management Protects Mississippi Watersheds (Agricultural Research Magazine) (ars.usda.gov) - January 06, 2009
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the National Sedimentation Laboratory (NSL) in Oxford, Miss., are studying how farming practices and conservation strategies can improve water quality…

Researchers focus on ways to bring bees back (The Titusville Herald) (titusvilleherald.com) - January 06, 2009
STATE COLLEGE -- The mysterious decline in honeybees has generated renewed interest into finding new ways to boost bee numbers.

Courrier du Vietnam (Le Courrier du Vietnam) (lecourrier.vnagency.com.vn) - January 06, 2009
Le seul quotidien national de langue française du Vietnam. Éditeur : Agence Vietnamienne d'Information Démographie : gros investissements dans le recensement Un investissement de 500 milliards de dông…

Renu Yoga Launches New Line of Organic Cotton Athletic Wear, Other Companies Follow Suit (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - January 06, 2009
An LA based manufacturer launches a new line of sustainable athletic apparel, as demands for organic clothing options increase.

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Blog Posts

BriefingRoom » Blog Archive » Dow AgroSciences Introduces Low-odor ... (blog.cornandsoybeandigest.com) - January 06, 2009
LORSBAN Advanced contains the active ingredient chlorpyrifos — the same as in LORSBAN-4E, one of the most widely used insecticides in agriculture. The new product will replace LORSBAN-4E in the market…

Insecticides (rollitup.org) - December 31, 2009
Forum: Marijuana Plant Problems Posted By: growingthecure Post Time: 12-31-2008 at 11:32 AM.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (ftp.seedquest.com) - December 26, 2008
Syngenta Crop Protection has announced the brand names of four new insecticides currently in development and pending review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prior to their market introducti…

Ghana News | Social Affairs | Two cocoa spraying gangs charged for ... (modernghana.com) - December 25, 2008
Two members of the mass cocoa spraying gang at Adakwa in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District were on Wednesday arraigned before the Suhum Magistrate's Court for stealing a quantity of confider insectici…

How to Get Rid of Gnats | Organic Insecticides Blog by EcoSMART (blog.ecosmart.com) - December 20, 2008
Gnats are gnasty little bugs that fly into your face, it seems, just to annoy the heck out of you. They're annoying outside, but even more annoying in.

What Do Ants Eat? | Organic Insecticides Blog by EcoSMART (blog.ecosmart.com) - December 19, 2008
There are thousands of species of ants, so there isn't a general ant diet. However, it is helpful to know what ants eat to prevent or control an ant.

Insecticides or genetically modified crops? Non-target insects ... (greenbio.checkbiotech.org) - December 15, 2008
Non-target insects are probably affected more by conventional insecticides than by crops that contain genes from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), according to the findings of a study by…

Genetic Modification » Pest Management: Genetically Engineered ... (gm.org) - December 09, 2008
Farmers use insecticides to maintain the quality of crop products. However, insecticides may have negative effects on human health and the environment in general. While insecticides protect the crops…

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Poison Cup Noodle Recall - October 27, 2008
Recall for over half a million cups of instant noodles over fears of insecticide contamination. Several people were poisoned by tainted noodles.

Apples and pears at risk due to dramatic decline..... - September 05, 2008
British apples and pears are under threat because of a dramatic decline in honeybee numbers, experts have warned.The bee population in Britain has fallen by a third over the past year alone due to bad…

Polish Pensioner Blows Up His Entire Block to Kill Ants - June 15, 2008
A Polish pensioner destroyed an entire block of flats when he poured insecticide down a ventilation shaft after being driven potty by ants. Marcin Bartosz, 74, used gallons of insecticide but when it…

Proof That Evolution Works Faster Than Genetic Engineering - February 08, 2008
For years, farmers have been growing genetically-engineered cotton plants that exude an insecticide known as Bt. But now, a pest called the bollworm moth has evolved a resistance to Bt -- and the alte…

Bill Gates: Where are his billions going? - June 29, 2006
"There are many in the aid world who are critical of Bill Gates. Focusing on next-generation research, they argue, is not the best use of the money. There are low-cost solutions - like providing bed n…

Delicious Links

Neonicotinoid - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) - December 26, 2008

Agrisalon.com - Actus / Environnement - Cruiser, autorisation renouvelée (agrisalon.com) - December 18, 2008
Cruiser, autorisation renouvelée [ 17/12/2008 17:41 ] Michel Barnier, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de la pêche a renouvelé l’autorisation pour 2009 de la préparation Cruiser(1), insecticide utilisé en…

Insecticides products (source-chem.com) - December 15, 2008
Nanjing Source Chemical Co., Ltd. -- Professional Manufacturer of Agrochemical products. Our professional products are: fipronil, cyromazine, nicosulfuron, triclopyr, bromadiolone and etc.

Non au Cruiser, sauvons les pollinisateurs ! (fne.asso.fr) - December 09, 2008
Le Ministre de l’agriculture s’apprête à renouveler l’autorisation de mise en vente du Cruiser. Cet insecticide (Thiaméthoxam, produit similaire au Gaucho), est classé "dangereux pour l’environnement"…

In Vivo - Complex I inhibitors as insecticides and acaricides (to kill mites or ticks), European corn borer, annonaceous acetogenins and others - Hoechst Schering AgroEvo - 1997 (sciencedirect.com) - November 09, 2008
Structurally diverse synthetic insecticides and acaricides had been shown to inhibit the proton-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) activity. In addition, secondary metabolites fr…

In Vivo - Insecticide, Annonin, Difficult to Synthesize, Bayer, Russia, other insecticides (end of article) (ecsoc2.hcc.ru) - November 08, 2008
Annonin I (78) [171], a member of a large family of metabolites from the tree Annona squamosa, exhibited remarkable insecticidal activity in greenhouse tests at Bayer [172], but a commercial developme…

Pesticide Resistance (entweb.clemson.edu) - October 01, 2008
Some links at Clemson U. to websites re. pesticide resistance in agriculture.

Insecticide resistance (absw.org.uk) - October 01, 2008
Barebones website on insecticide resistance.