Stinkbug repellent: Progress toward first commercial repellent for East Coast's stinker
Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Help may be on the way for people on the East Coast bugged out about the invasion of stink bugs. Scientists have reported an advance in efforts to develop the first commercial repellent for stinkbugs, which are a nuisance to homeowners and a pest to some farm crops. They identified a natural substance in a fungus that infects a common weed and found it shows potential as the first stinkbug repellent.