That's a big advantage over traditional electrical bug-zapping traps that splatter the insect. ARS researchers conducted field studies showing the trap's effectiveness in capturing mosquitoes. The attractants are registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for controlling mosquitoes and other biting insects. ARS and BioSensory have a joint patent on the attractants used in the trap, with one patent pending. The trap should be commercially available this summer from BioSensory.
Some evidence links that pollution to algal blooms and fish kills.
Use of this superior corn should help growers comply with increasingly strict environmental regulations that limit pollution from manure. And, the new corn reduces the need for costly phosphorus supplements often required to ensure animals get enough of this essential nutrient. Cooperative Research And Development Agreements . . . As a result of ARS patents, the first generation of nontoxic biological coatings to replace synthetic chemicals was introduced in the United States 4 years ago. ARS and Micro-Flo researchers combined two bioactive substances with the yeast Candida saitoana.