Resistance to insecticides is complicating pest control in potatoes, prompting experts to urge farmers in North America to use more integrated pest management strategies in their potato fields.
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Insecticides losing ground against potato pests
Resistance to insecticides is complicating pest control, prompting experts to advocate for farmers in North America to use more integrated pest management strategies in their potato fields
Trials approved for biopesticide targeting potato beetles
Renaissance BioScience’s chief strategy officer, John Husnik, said the basis of the biopesticide is to target the potato beetle by creating an RNA-based, baker’s-yeast-hosted delivery system, which will affect insects on a cellular level and ultimately kill them.
