Article: Health: The alternative path: The biting issue of prevention and cure; Mosquitoes can survive in the UK. I have seen them here in January! It seems our winters are not cold enough anymore to kill insects off.(Features)

Article: Worms kill insects -- win award.
M2 Presswire;  September 12, 2001 ;     688 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-12 September 2001-CSIRO: Worms kill insects -- win award (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ... Entomopathogenic Nematodes (ENs). ENs are nematode worms which kill insects, and are being used to control insect pests of grassy ...

Article: Near-infrared light waves detect and kill insects
Resource;  April 1, 1998 ;     400 words ... ... using this technology with grain sampiers or grain conveyor belts at storage and food processing facilities to detect and kill insects. Damage from the larvae of rice and maize weevils and the lesser grain borer costs the wheat industry approximately $500 ...

Article: Finnie backs farmers over sheep dip ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION ...
The Sunday Herald;  June 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... scab, a debilitating maggot infestation which can kill. But if cypermethrin in the dip leaks into local burns, it can kill insects and fish. An investigation in Wales last year by the government's Environment Agency uncovered 32 incidents in which leaking ...

Article: KILL INSECTS AND REPOT TO KEEP PLANTS HEALTHY.(AT ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Byline: LAURENCE SOMBKE Special to the Times Union Most houseplants will be free of pests and problems if you place them in a room where they receive the light and temperature they like and if you fertilize and water them properly. I outlined all of my tips on how to do this in last week's column.

Article: Scientists kill insects by freezing them.
Life Science Weekly;  April 14, 2003 ;     676 words ...2003 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two Swedish scientists have developed an environmentally friendly way of killing insects: freezing them to death without poison. A Swedish company, Sinterkil AB, received a U.S. patent in December 2002 for the process. Field testing of the method,

Article: COUNTY MAY KILL INSECTS WELD OFFICIALS STUDY PLAN ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 30, 2002 ;     664 words ...Byline: Jim Erickson ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS Weld County officials are weighing a plan to spray mosquito-killing insecticide in a ``high-risk area'' for West Nile virus along the South Platte River east of Greeley. Nineteen of the state's 35 West Nile-positive horses are from Weld County, and about

Article: Vacuum and soap kill insects on plants.(new ...
USA Today (Magazine);  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...A single chrysanthemum harboring a few insect eggs can infest a greenhouse with clouds of tiny, gnat-like white flies in a few days. The common remedy is an expensive, unpleasant schedule of spraying with potent pesticides. Horticulturists Durward Smith and Jay Fitzgerald and biosystems engineer