Beer Byproduct Mixed With Manure Proves an Excellent Pesticide – Increases Crop Yields – SciTechDaily

A productive lettuce yield following the researchers’ new biodisinfestation method. Credit: Maite Gandariasbeitia et al.
Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown to reduce numbers of root-knot nematodes and increase yields of lettuce crops.
The use of many chemical fumigants in agriculture have been demonstrated to be harmful to human health and the environment and therefore banned from use.
Now, in an effort to reduce waste from the agricultural industry and reduce the…

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