Sulfoxaflor found to be less harmful to insect predators than broad-spectrum insecticides

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 16:01 in Biology & Nature

A new study appearing in the Journal of Economic Entomology has found that the selective insecticide sulfoxaflor is just as effective at controlling soybean aphids (Aphis glycines) as broad-spectrum insecticides, without causing significant harm to some beneficial predators of the aphid.

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