Biological pest control

as Bt corn. Bt corn is a genetically modified corn plant. It is pest resistant to common borer species such as the European common borer. Damage from these pests lower crop yields by 5 - 10% annually. It was genetically modified by the insertion of the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis into the DNA of the corns' embryo. This can also been seen done to tobacco, tomato and cotton plants. The Bt corn offers a pest resistance in the exact same way that the original bacteria did

Food directly affects to human health; it supplies energy for human activities. Now, choosing good foods for family becomes a hard problem with many households when people hear about the toxic ingredients in food every day. The diseases, which have been linked to food poisoning, are increasing day by day. The development of new technology analyzed the nutrient elements, and figured out the risks of poisonous elements in food. The scientists researched a new farming method called organic farming method

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a bulb crop belonging to the family Alliaceae. It is the second most widely cultivated crop after onion (Hamma et al., 2013). It is grown worldwide in all temperate to sub tropical areas as an important spice and medicinal plant (Fritsch and Friesen, 2002). Garlic is among the most important bulb vegetable crops used as a seasoning or condiment of foods because of its pungent flavor. Garlic adds a taste to foods as well as helps to make them more palatable and digestible

would earn roughly around three hundred pesos (Php 300) weekly during slack season and about six hundred pesos (Php 600) weekly during peak season.  Before it became a livelihood program last August 2008, the conceptions for these water lilies are pests to the community as it hampers the flow of water in rivers and creeks during heavy rains causing flooding in the area.  It is projected that by the fourth year of operation the total income for the workers from handcrafting activities could increase

WHAT IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES? According to the Invasive Species Advisory committee, (Committe, 2006), the term, “invasive species” relates to the establishment of a non-native species in an ecosystem. Furthermore, the presence of these species is likely to cause deleterious effects to the economy, environmental or human health. However, this characterization is sometimes contradicted as some non-native species seem to be beneficial either ecologically, economically, or esthetically, in the ecosystems

Wenderholm Field Trip Report Abstract Translocation of native birds to offshore islands has been a part of ecological restoration in New Zealand and has started since 1890’s. This translocation to mainland islands was started by the Department of Conservation in the year 1995. Wenderholm Regional Park has an area of 60 hectares maintained for ecological restoration. The area has been fenced to prevent the entry of livestock and the pasture land is reforested. The ecology of the park was restored

granted access to the outdoors. The organic farming method puts ecologically friendly techniques into practice by relying on biological pest management and composting. Organic food is grown without using synthetic chemicals, antibiotics, or hormones in both crop production and raising livestock. The purpose behind organic food production is to encourage and enhance the biological cycle within the farming system to maintain and increase long-term fertility of soils, minimize all forms of pollution, avoid

GMOs Imagine knowing what is really in the food on our dinner plates every night. Probably organic, naturally grown foods, right? That might be the case in some foods, but now a days, most crops are grow genetically modified (GM). GM foods are foods that have been altered with a gene or protein from another living organism to give it a quality or characteristic that it never had before. Some examples of GM foods are apples that do not brown and potatoes that do not bruise. These are made when

that young, intelligent minds have developed throughout the years. Genetic engineering is defined as “isolating a desirable gene” and injecting it into a plant or organism to produce “a desired characteristic” (Nutrition & Weight Control for Longevity, 2005). This biological technology has provided many advancement opportunities “for several industrial sectors such as agriculture, food manufacture and pharmaceuticals” (Rastall, 2002). Along with everything else in life, genetic engineering has some

of production. Their main mission is to manage the world’s forest in a way that promotes environmental, social and economic prosperity. One of the initiatives set up by this organisation to help meet their goal is the FSC Pesticide Policy. The pest management policy aims to mitigate the hazards that originate from pesticide use.