IPM reduces insecticide applications by 95% while maintaining or enhancing crop yields through wild pollinator conservation.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2108429118
Abstract: Pest management practices in modern industrial agriculture have increasingly relied on insurance-based insecticides such as seed treatments that are poorly correlated with pest density or crop damage. This approach, combined with high invertebrate toxicity for… read more here.
Keywords: seed; ipm reduces; crop yields; management ... See more keywords