Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

In the case of both aphids and Japanese beetles, spraying with a broad-spectrum insecticide can do more harm than good. These ...

When I attended her biocontrol presentation titled “Rethinking Rose Pest Management,” I discovered that, apparently, true ...

What are beneficial nematodes? Nematodes are microscopic, colourless worms that are found living within the soil and they feed on soil-borne insects and pests.

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

Benefits of Nematodes According to Williams, using beneficial nematodes is a safe, organic way to control many garden pests without resorting to synthetic pesticides.

Garden Mastery: Look for natural antidotes to aphids in your plantings and grow species that attract the beneficial insects that will control them.

For example, if you’re having a problem with aphids and use a pesticide to kill them, it will also kill the good bugs that would have helped you with the aphids in the first place. In the case ...

Nematodes Nematodes are another beneficial you might have heard of. These microscopic organisms can help manage pests that live in the soil or have pupal stages—so they can get rid of all kinds ...

Climate resilient, nutritious long beans are unfortunately susceptible to aphids and nematodes. By creating four new pest-resistant varieties of the beans, scientists aim to reduce farmers ...

Beneficial Nematodes are microscopic organisms that can be found in soils. They mainly parasitize insect pest that dwell in soils or on soils.