The mosquito that attracts more attraction is the Aedes aegypti belongs to family Culcidae consisting of about 2,500 species, along with other genera of mosquitoes such as Anopheles, Culex (Womack 1993, E.B. 1999). This mosquito is very important vectors of…
Charles Sturt University (CSU) ecologist Dr Manu Saunders is finding out how the small things, wild pollinators, can affect the big picture of agricultural ecosystems. A post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute for Land Water and Society (ILWS) at CSU…
Having received countless questions about easy, organic, methods of pest control and requests for details of how to make low-cost, organic fertilisers at home, this week’s column is devoted to these two extremely important subjects. Pest sprays The most common…
Termites — or ‘white ants’ as they are often called — appear to be causing a startling number of gardening headaches of late as, judging from a recent deluge of mail detailing their destructive activities, they voraciously munch their greedy…
Question. You advise against using chemical sprays but what should we replace them with? My mali insists on using chemical pesticides every single month. Answer. Replace them with organic sprays and organic practices of course. Recipes and advice on these…
Question. Black and red beetles are munching on my flowers in Lahore. I haven’t seen them before and would like to know if they are harmful or just another insect looking for pollen. There also seems to be a black…
Question. I am just 11 years old and live in Abbotabad and my plants are being eaten by snails. Small snails are not a problem but there are big snails, with brown shells, and they eat a lot. I have…
Do you know what are different formulation codes in pesticides? Have you seen WP, CL, CP? on pesticides packing? Do you know what does it means? here are some formulation code. Formulation codes The following standard codes are used.…
PAKISTAN BEING tropical country has diverse range of climatic conditions and its agriculture suffers severe losses due to pests. Pesticide production in the world shows a sudden escalating trend because of severe problems which are arising from the use of…
A new analysis supports the hypothesis that viruses are living entities that share a long evolutionary history with cells, researchers report. The study offers the first reliable method for tracing viral evolution back to a time when neither viruses nor…
