Insecticide

Forty-sixth report on insecticides & pesticides: promotion and development including safe usage - licensing regime for insecticides

The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …

Native birds on a vanishing flight

Urbanisation, Insecticides Pushing Winged Creatures Towards Extinction Lucknow: Many bird species once sighted commonly across Uttar Pradesh are now vanishing. The reasons could be many and diverse, but technology appears to be the biggest factor behind this threat looming over the feathered friends of man. First mynahs faced the extinction …

Israel crop protection firm gets show-cause notice over trials data

If Makhteshim Agan India fails to reply to the show-cause notice, its import approval could be revoked The Union agriculture ministry has issued a show-cause notice to Makhteshim Agan India, the Indian arm of Makhteshim Agan (MA), a leading crop protection solutions company based in Israel, for "variance" in data …

Garden centres weed out insecticides to help save bees

A campaign to banish pesticides linked to the fall in bee populations appears to be gathering pace after at least five garden centre chains agreed to remove products blamed for the decline. Hardware retailers B&Q;, Wickes and Homebase created a buzz last month when they confirmed they would stop stocking …

Cancer wake-up call in Punjab

In 2009, a government survey had counted 7,738 people living with cancer across Punjab. Now that a fresh survey has counted 23,874, over three times as high, the government has acknowledged the need to identify the causes and tackle what is clearly a menace. "Fresh studies will have to be …

Common pesticides 'can kill frogs within an hour'

New research suggests the chemicals are playing a significant and previously unknown role in the global decline of amphibians Widely used pesticides can kill frogs within an hour, new research has revealed, suggesting the chemicals are playing a significant and previously unknown role in the catastrophic global decline of amphibians. …

Syngenta, Bayer pesticides pose honeybee threat: EFSA

Three widely-used pesticides made by Switzerland's Syngenta and Germany's Bayer pose an acute risk to honeybees, the European Union's food safety watchdog said on Wednesday, but stopped short of linking them to bee colony collapse. Fears over the effects on bees of neonicotinoid insecticides - among the most commonly used …

Insecticide 'unacceptable' danger to bees, report finds

Campaigners say the conclusion by the European Food Safety Authority is a 'death knell' for neonicotinoid pesticides The world's most widely used insecticide has for the first time been officially labelled an "unacceptable" danger to bees feeding on flowering crops. Environmental campaigners say the conclusion, by Europe's leading food safety …

Bt cotton: questions and answers

The Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI) has recently released a comprehensive book on "Bt Cotton Questions & Answers" authored by Dr. K R Kranthi, Director of the ICAR's Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, India. The book has hundred questions on Bt cotton, time and again raised by …

Impact of pyrethroid resistance on operational malaria control in Malawi

The impact of insecticide resistance on insect-borne disease programs is difficult to quantify. The possibility of eliminating malaria in high-transmission settings is heavily dependent on effective vector control reducing disease transmission rates. Pyrethroids are the dominant insecticides used for malaria control, with few options for their replacement. Their failure will …

Alarm over proposal to ban GM trials

A 10-year blanket ban on field trials of genetically modified (termed Bt) crops, proposed by an expert committee set up by the Supreme Court, has set off alarm bells, especially in the cotton sector. A senior government official said it would be like gifting a 10-year monopoly on Bt cotton …

Check pest menace: Congress to government

BHUBANESWAR: Stating that attack by caterpillars would damage paddy crop in several districts, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Saturday asked the State Government to take immediate steps to save the farmers from the pest menace. OPCC general secretary Arjya Kumar Gyanendra said though there was an expectation of …

Lebanon's cedar trees threatened by climate change

King Solomon used them in the construction of the temple that would bear his name, the Phoenicians used them to build their merchant ships and the ancient Egyptians used their resin in the mummification process. But now Lebanon's cedar trees (Cedrus libani), described in the Scriptures as "the glory of …

Texas plans aerial insecticide spray as West Nile Virus deaths reach 16

Aerial spraying of insecticide is set to begin over Dallas on Thursday night as the city battles the worst outbreak of the West Nile virus in the US this year. Mayor Mike Rawlings has declared a state of emergency and announced the first aerial spraying in the city and its …

Scientists alert farmers on pest attack

Moga: Agriculture Department scientists have advised the farmers to keep a watch on their paddy crop on a daily basis so that preventive measures could be initiated in the event of an attack by pests. After reviewing the impact of the prevailing dry spell on paddy in the district, Moga …

Widespread adoption of Bt cotton and insecticide decrease promotes biocontrol services

The widespread use of Bt crops reduces the outbreaks of certain targeted pests and the need for insecticide use, leading to enhanced biocontrol of other potential pest species in the Bt crops; neighbouring non-Bt crops may also benefit.

Tribunal notice to CCI over penalty on phosphide makers

United Phosphorus, Excel Crop Care and Sandhya Organics Chemical have challenged CCI's findings before COMPAT The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has issued notices to fair trade regulator CCI on the pleas of three companies challenging its order imposing penalty of Rs 317.91 crore on the aluminium phosphide tablet manufacturers. Aluminium …

13 deaths in 25 days, fears of Chandipura virus attack

In one of the most virulent attacks in recent times, the Chandipura virus is suspected to have caused 13 child deaths in eastern Vidarbha in the past 25 days, with Bhandara (5), Nagpur (3), Chandrapur (3), Wardha (1) and Gadchiroli (1) being the worst affected districts. Together, they have reported …

Lessons from agriculture for the sustainable management of malaria vectors

Willem Takken and colleagues argue for the expansion of insecticide monotherapy in malaria control by taking lessons from agriculture and including more sustainable integrated vector management strategies.

Disaster team clears toxic chemicals near Ganga canal

Ghaziabad: In April 2010, a radiation leak at Mayapuri claimed one life and injured seven people. Two years on, there is little awareness about Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, say experts. Recently, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) recovered 150kg of a hazardous chemical near Ganga canal in Modinagar, …

GM crops 'aid plant neighbours'

GM crops that make their own insecticide also deliver benefits for their conventional plant neighbours, a study in China has concluded. These strains seem to boost populations of natural pest-controlling predators, and this effect spills over to non-transgenic crops, the research found. Details of the work by a Chinese-French team …

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