If you have young children or pets with a bad habit of sampling unknown plants, foxglove might not be the best anti-pest ...

Thyme has anti-microbial, anti-fungal ... Collectively, the trio seems to deter the garden pests you'll want to banish from ...

Treated plants fight pests without the need for toxic pesticides, oozing a "larval toffee" that stunts tomato pinworms’ growth and attracts predators.

As global food demand continues to increase, effective pest control remains one of agriculture's most pressing challenges.

For those growing tomatoes in their garden, placing a handy plant alongside it can ensure their safekeeping. Pests can ruin tomato plants like many other garden growths. However, gardeners can ...

Creating plant communities for mutual benefit is an old gardening tradition. Companion planting isn't just about pest control. By combining plants carefully, plants can help each other in terms of ...

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...

With pesticide resistance on the rise, farmers worldwide are urgently seeking alternative, sustainable pest control strategies. “An elicitor is a molecule that plants or pests possess that can ...