Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this waste can improve soil health when added as a fertilizer in farming. Insect ...

When it comes to protein sources that are more eco-friendly than traditional livestock, two of the most promising candidates are insects and microalgae. Scientists have now devised a method of using ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Have you been looking for a new fertilizer to use? We have the solution. I spoke with South Texas Gardner Gabriel Vega about a very impressive organic fertilizer that can also ...

In some minds, the only thing worse than a bug is the poop that comes out of it. However, disgusting as it might seem, bug droppings are testing out very well as an excellent fertilizer for farm and ...

Insect feces and exoskeletons can make agriculture more sustainable and produce less waste, scientists say. By Sabrina Imbler Insects excrete, just as we do, but their feces have a more pleasing name: ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Our previously published experiments on allelopathic effects of insect frass in Eucalyptus communities (Silander et al. 1983) have been ...

Marcel Dicke (@DickeMarcel) already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn’t expect to learn that they have such a positive impact on plants. In an Opinion paper ...

Figure 1: Independent and interactive effects of elevated CO 2 and O 3 on multiple ecosystem processes directly and indirectly mediated by insects. Leaves used for quantifying canopy damage were ...

But let’s slow down this Snowpiercer train a bit. Insects like crickets and beetles are, indeed, a very good source of protein and other nutrients. But the ones that humans already eat tend to be wild ...

Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this waste can improve soil health when added as a fertilizer in farming. Insect ...