With innovations in biopesticides, precision technology, and genetic engineering, the future of insecticides looks promising.

A quick and easy guide to seven of the most common—and most destructive—insect pests on your household plants, plus how to ...

Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening.

That gene normally occurs in a soil-borne bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt ... to deploy and replaces the need for spraying insecticides," said Lukasz Stelinski, an entomology professor ...

As part of efforts to control mosquito breeding, a special team of 50 sanitation workers, 10 in each zone, are engaged in spraying bacillus thuringiensis, an insecticide, on open storm-water ...

In Bacillus subtilis, three global regulatory proteins mediate both function- and metabolism-coordinating gene expression. CcpA and TnrA are the global regulators for carbon metabolism and ...

Lexington’s 40502 ZIP code is being so strongly swarmed by mosquitoes, the health department sprayed the area with an insecticide early Tuesday to cut the population. Nathan Powell, senior ...