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Article: Fungus and nematode Pesta. (insect control)
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- Agricultural Research
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
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Scientists at three Agricultural Research Service labs are closing in on commercial recipes for Pesta, a unique product concept for biocontrol alternatives to chemical pesticides.
Pesta is mainly wheat-flour dough, plus either fungi that kill weeds or nematodes that kill insects. Few such fungi or nematode products now on the market come in dry, flowable granules like Pesta. But recent lab and field results from 5 years of ARS research make Pesta more attractive as a commercial option.
"We anticipate that nematode Pesta granules, with a room-temperature shelf life of more than 6 months, could be an effective control for western corn rootworms, Colorado potato ...