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Molluscicides (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ s k ɪ ˌ s aɪ d s,-ˈ l ʌ s-/) [1] [2] – also known as snail baits, snail pellets, or slug pellets – are pesticides against molluscs, which are usually used in agriculture or gardening, in order to control gastropod pests specifically slugs and snails which damage crops or other valued plants by feeding on them.
Symptoms include dying growing tips and bushy, stunted growth; extreme cases may prevent fruit set. Crop-specific symptoms include: Apple - interacting with calcium, may display as "water core", internal areas appearing frozen; Beetroot - rough, cankered patches on roots, internal brown rot. Cabbage - distorted leaves, hollow areas in stems.
Symptoms may vary from none to mild, to meningitis. [1] Infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) can occur after ingestion of raw or undercooked snails or slugs, and less likely unwashed fruits and vegetables. In humans, A. cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis or meningoencephalitis. [2]
Here are some tactics to keep slugs at a distance from your vegetable garden and house, according to experts.
The molluscs knocked off the invasive box tree caterpillar to reclaim top of the chart for the first time since 2017.
This bacterium has been identified as one of the natural symbionts of a bacteria-feeding nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), which is an endoparasite of slugs, including the slug Deroceras reticulatum [1] (grey garden slug) which is one of the most serious agricultural and garden slug pests.
People are ingesting borax. Also known by its chemical name sodium borate decahydrate, borax is a salt typically used to kill ants and boost laundry detergent, among other household cleaning needs ...
Ferric sodium EDTA, also known as sodium ferric ethylenediaminetetraacetate, is a broad spectrum molluscicide used to kill snails and slugs and protect agricultural crops and garden plants, and in particular to eliminate infestations of Cornu aspersum, the common garden snail. [1] [2] Chemically, it is a salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ...