NOVA · SEASON 5
Insect Alternative
Episode 16 · 1978-05-24
- Documentary
Episode overview
In a world that each year loses up to 40 percent of its crops to insects, some form of pest control is desperately needed. But chemical pesticides have backfired. Pesticide-resistant insects frequently develop, and previously harmless insects have become devastating infestations. Farmers have found themselves trapped on a "pesticide treadmill"—the more they spray, the more they have to spray. NOVA examines several alternatives for pest control.
55 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. In The Event of Catastrophe1978-01-04
2. The Green Machine1978-01-11
3. Blueprints in the Bloodstream1978-01-18
4. One Small Step1978-01-25
5. The Final Frontier1978-02-01
6. BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest1978-02-15
7. Trial of Denton Cooley1978-02-22
8. The Great Wine Revolution1978-03-01
9. The Case of the Ancient Astronauts1978-03-08
10. The Mind Machines1978-03-22
11. Icarus' Children1978-03-29
12. Still Waters1978-04-12
13. Battle for the Acropolis1978-04-19
14. The Road to Happiness. : The Life and Times of Henry Ford1978-05-03
15. Laser : Light of the 21st Century1978-05-10
16. Insect Alternative1978-05-24
17. The Desert's Edge1978-05-31
18. The Tsetse Trap1978-06-07
19. Memories From Eden1978-06-14
20. A Whisper from Space1978-06-21
21. Alaska: The Closing Frontier1978-06-28
