Natural product outdoes malathion. (alternative pest control strategy)

From: Agricultural Research | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Stanley, Doris | Copyright information

Scientists at the Agricultural Research Services' Subtropical Horticulture Research Laboratory in Miami, FL, have developed an alternative strategy to malathion spraying for the control of Caribbean fruit fly attack on citrus fruits. The strategy uses a mixture of sugar, yeast and abamectin which paralyzes the fly's nervous system, leading to death. Laboratory studies found it to be 100% effective at 50 parts per million, which is only 0.03% the amount of malathion needed to do the same job. ...

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