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The Beginner’s Guide to Biological Pest Control

Biological pest control has become one of the most important tools in modern agriculture and horticulture. As growers move away from broad-spectrum pesticides that destabilize plant environments, biological control agent…

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An Introduction to Natural Pest Control for Houseplants

Natural Control for Houseplants: A Science-Based Approach to Long-Term Plant Health Natural control for houseplants uses biology, ecology, and simple cultural practices to keep plant-damaging insects and mites in balance…

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A Better Pesticide Alternative: Biological Agents

If you’re dissatisfied with chemical pesticides consider biological control agents (BCAs) instead. Pesticides are not the only avenue to success— predatory mites and beneficial fungi are peer level alternativ…

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Cryptobug Featured on PBS!

We’re thrilled to share some big news: Our Cryptobug adults and Cryptobug L (larvae) were spotlighted in the PBS Deep Look episode:“Save The Grapes! Enter The Mealybug Destroyer!” The mealybug destroyer…

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Beneficial Insects for Houseplants: The Right Solutions for Every Problem

Houseplants are magnets for problems. Spider mites set up colonies on the undersides of leaves. Thrips rasp through flower petals and new growth. Fungus gnats breed in the root zone while aphids cluster at the tips of yo…

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How to Solve Mealybugs

Mealybugs could be setting up camp on your houseplants right now and you wouldn’t know it, because they’re super tiny and they don’t look like bugs. Females and nymphs—the ones that may do the mos…

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Grow Better Fruit With Natupol®: The Most Reliable Pollination System for Greenhouses

Achieving reliable pollination is one of the most important steps in producing high-quality fruit. When flowers do not receive enough viable pollen at the right moment, fruit forms unevenly, becomes misshapen, or fails t…

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Beneficial Nematodes for Fruits, Potatoes and Outdoor Vegetables

Beneficial entomopathogenic nematodes have become an essential part of modern pest management, particularly where soil-dwelling or overwintering stages create challenges that conventional chemistry cannot fully address. …

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Beneficial Nematodes for Horticultural Crops: Practical Biological Control

Entomopathogenic nematodes have become one of the most versatile biological tools in horticulture. Their ability to search for and infect soil-dwelling larvae, pupae hidden in growing media, and pests protected within st…