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An agent used to exterminate insects

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New Fungal Finding Could Mean Better Bio-Insecticide

Published September 4, 2008, 5:17 am, Agricultural Research Magazine

A method of culturing the beneficial fungus Metarhizium anisopliae so that it churns out billions of tightly bundled cells, called "microsclerotia," could mean even more moldy mayhem for soft-bodied ticks, termites and crop pests including sugar beet root maggots.

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Beekeepers at a loss to explain beehive collapse

Published September 4, 2008, 3:15 am, York County Coast Star

In recent years, scientists have been seeking the cause of the precipitous decline in the honeybee population.

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Endosulfan threat still looms off Romblon

Published September 3, 2008, 1:14 am, ABS-CBNNEWS.com

Communities in Romblon's coast have been deprived of their primary livelihood, fishing, amid the threat of toxic contamination due to the presence of toxic cargo onboard the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars.

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SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry

Published September 2, 2008, 10:03 am, SeedQuest

Over the past 11 years, and in many parts of the world, genetically modified (GM) crops grown by 12 million farmers (of which 11 million are resource-poor farmers) have already provided significant improvements in the quantity and quality of the food supply while reducing economic cost, energy usage, pesticide usage, fuel usage, soil erosion and carbon emissions, with no ...

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Published September 1, 2008, 2:45 am, Yemen Times Online

Security sources said on Sunday that Interior Ministry seized about 1400000 capsules of drugs since the beginning of 2008.

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Published August 31, 2008, 5:50 pm, Scoop.co.nz

We are meeting in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin . . . . From the prolific womb of injustice we breed the two great classes -- tramps and millionaires.

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  • Are biological insecticides harmful to honey bees?: Bacillus thuringiensis has negligible toxicity and several other viruses have no effect. The nematode Neoaplectana dutkyi as well as spores of Nosema species did not infect adult bees. Consequently, most biological insecticides have no or only neglegible effects on honey bees.

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