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🐛 Using nanotechnology to target crop-munching pests and spare beneficial bugs
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-nanotechnology-crop-munching-pests-beneficial.html

Using nanotechnology to target crop-munching pests and spare beneficial bugs
A bane of farmers' existence, it's estimated that plant-eating pests are responsible for the loss of up to 40% of pre-harvest yields globally. But a new generation of crop treatments that target only "bad" bugs could mean big gains for the Canadian agriculture sector, improving pest management tools in an industry that in 2024 generated over $142 billion.