A new biopesticide for the organic food boom

Monday, August 25, 2008 - 13:28 in Mathematics & Economics

With the boom in consumption of organic foods creating a pressing need for natural insecticides and herbicides that can be used on crops certified as "organic," biopesticide pioneer Pam G. Marrone, Ph.D., is reporting development of a new "green" pesticide obtained from an extract of the giant knotweed. read more

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