AgrotechBuilding on University of Copenhagen research, Yngvi Bio packs biopesticides into bacterial protein containers whose binding legs choose the target insect; its first product is aimed at white grubs in New Zealand grassland.
FruitsArgentina's Mendoza province began aerial spraying of about 90,000 hectares of vineyards and drone treatment of 10,000 more against the European grapevine moth on 14 October.
CropsIn Dinajpur Sadar, branches and bamboo stakes in Aman fields give magpie robins, drongos and mynas a perch to hunt insects; about 65 percent of farmers use the cost-free method, extension officers say.
Mealybugs have attacked Aman rice fields across Kurigram, including Ulipur and Rajarhat; the extension office says drought may be driving the outbreak and is advising farmers in the field.
AgrotechResearchers used AI to model a moth's smell receptors and predict the molecules they detect, identifying the lily moth's sex pheromone in a way that could speed up pheromone traps for new crop pests.
FruitsA 3-D knitted fabric laid over strawberry plants keeps insects off while letting light, rain and air through; in North Carolina tunnel trials covered plants yielded up to 3.56 times more fruit.
VegetablesPenn State Extension says the pest's autumn generation is emerging now and that control works only during the adult flight and just after it, with row covers or targeted sprays.
AgrotechA Nature Plants review by Stephen Fletcher, Neena Mitter and colleagues says RNA interference crop protection has reached registered products, led by a sprayable dsRNA against Colorado potato beetle approved by the US EPA in 2023.
CropsICAR's integrated pest management centre showed Rajasthan tribal farmers how hand-picking, traps, natural enemies and targeted baits bring the pest under control.
Registered for the 2027 season in Canada, Curanza carries 800 g of cyantraniliprole per 100 kg of seed against competitors' rates of up to 500 g, and is available through CANTERRA SEEDS and BrettYoung; flea beetles alone cost canola growers more than $160 million a year.
Chris Chmiel, who founded the country's first pawpaw festival at Albany, Ohio, in 1999, has lost almost 70% of his orchard in six years; the only remedy is to cut and burn infested trees, and with no commercial-scale market no company will develop an insecticide, so Ohio State is studying the pest's
AAFC researcher Jamie Larsen found hopper burn in Morden plots this summer; the pest, which migrates north on thunderstorms and does not overwinter in Manitoba, is easily mistaken for herbicide injury, nutrient deficiency or drought stress, and Harrow trials are hunting resistant genetics.
TRIC Robotics has gone from half-acre trials in 2021 to treating more than 1,500 acres of commercial strawberries this year with a fleet of 15 autonomous machines that use ultraviolet light and bug vacuums in place of chemical pesticides.
