From insect larvae that keep munching on pesticide-laden cotton in the U.S. to head lice that won't wash out of children's hair, pests are slowly developing genetic shields that enable them to ...

A project that aims to push the boundaries of drought-resistant cotton could become a reality in the paddock in as little as ...

Three products used to fight herbicide-tolerant weeds could be unavailable to growers in 2024. The EPA approval was unlawful, a court ruling said.

Growers for world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative will need to have pesticide use, water management and worker ...

The drift-prone pesticide has damaged millions of acres of crops and wild plants every year since the Environmental Protection Agency first approved it in 2017 for spraying on cotton and soybean crops ...

Here are three of the high-profile pesticides that C&EN will be watching ... dicamba can be used on genetically modified soybeans and cotton. Bayer applied for registration of the product in ...

I vomited." In all three countries, children may participate in applying pesticides to crops. In Egypt, children sometimes operate motorized pumps that saturate cotton plants with pesticides.

many of whom had long-term exposure to 10 pesticides used on cotton crops for at least a decade prior to developing the disease, with some patients having been exposed as far back as 1974.

The deecased, Poshaiah grew the cotton crop on his 10 acres of land; he was disheartened to register a dip in yield and consumed the pesticide when he was alone ...