Annually, we shower over 5 billion pounds of pesticides across the Earth to control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply. But is it worth it, knowing what we do about the associated...

This segment introduces Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a holistic strategy combatting the multiple threats to honey bees, including pesticide exposure, pests, pathogens, and poor nutrition. It highlights IPM techniques like timing...

It describes the role of biological agents for controlling pests. It describes genetically modified organisms (using Bt microbe) and their uses as biocontrol agents.

The video is a lecture presentation on improving crop yields. It discusses various methods that farmers can use to increase the mass of useful product they get from a crop. The presentation starts by highlighting the importance of...

Conventional pesticides are a double-edged sword that scientists are now seeking to replace with more natural RNA-based plant vaccines. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that without pesticides, roughly 70 percent of the...