If you have moth issues, natural cedar is a great way to keep them away. Since moths have a natural aversion to cedar, you can buy cedar blocks likethese, or shavings, and place them in your closet or dresser in order to keep those pesky little bugs from chewing through all your cloth...
I’m just so happy that I don’t have to put Frontline on my dog and that I found something completely natural that costs way less than Frontline AND that really works for both me and my dog! (and it smells really, really good!) HERE’Sthe kind I bought (I figure that this bottle...
A natural way to control mole crickets. The Partridge Pea is a favorite plant of the small larra wasp. This tiny wasp ( not agressive to humans ) will help control mole crickets in your yard, vegetable garden or anywhere they may be a problem. The University of Florida has made a wond...
Having mint in your garden is beneficial not only because it attracts beneficial insects but also because it repels the unwanted ones. Mint attracts bees, hoverflies, tachinid flies, and beneficial wasps. In turn, hoverflies and tachinid flies eat aphids and nasty bugs, thus providing further pr...
Not only does this fragrant bulb inject your food with flavor, but it can scare away the bugs. This solution requires a bit of forethought and is a great way to repel bugs in the wild, perfect for camping trips and a hiking trip. Begin by ingesting garlic cloves for several days. You...
Because insects, both winged and wingless ones, perceive [objects] a long way off, like the bees and fig-loving midges perceive honey; because they sense at a great distance as if they are aware [of the objects] through the smellAristotle (4th c. BC) Historia Animalium IV.VIII 1 INTRODU...
In order to repel brown planthoppers (BPHs), the most notorious rice insect pest, a new film based on guar gum incorporated with citral (GC film) was formulated, which was effective while being environmentally friendly. In this paper, the effect and mechanism of GC film repellency against ...
3.1. Resistance of Weeds to Herbicides Weed herbicide resistance is arguably the most important research area in the field of weed science, which results from the excessive and one-way use of active substances in herbicides. As a consequence, individuals that contain resistance genes are selected ...
How viruses influence their host behaviour and, in consequence, their host populations must be a way of adaptation to modulate their own transmission rates [22,23] and/or must derive from complex environment–host–mycovirus interactions [24], because viruses and their hosts are part of a ...