It is currently under investigation as a possible source of new insecticides.

He is met by a callous industrialist named Forester to tell him that his application for DN6, a new insecticide, has been rejected.

We may be able to find new insecticides and antibiotics, methods of controlling flowering, etc., just from a piece of tissue.

Instead of a new insecticide, he accidentally discovered tabun, an enormously toxic organophosphate compound still sometimes stockpiled today as a nerve agent.

But mosquitoes proved to be resistant to the new insecticide, and malaria cases soared.

A large range of proctolin peptide and nonpeptide mimetics have been synthesised to try and produce new effective insecticides.

In the meantime, Grub-X and Grub-B-Gone are newer insecticides with lower toxicity than older products'.

Field evaluation of new insecticides, biolarvicides, insecticide-impregnated bed nets, drugs and parasite diagnostic kits have provided new armament to malaria control.

Instead of a new insecticide, he discovered tabun, a chemical enormously toxic to humans as well as insects.

In California and Pennsylvania, two small biotechnology companies are offering new insecticides made from common, unaltered bacteria.