Voltisa Vasili

A large fraction of seeds planted in most major crops (e.g., corn, soybean, canola, cotton, wheat) are now pre-coated with neonicotinoids (systemic insecticides highly effective against insects feeding on sap or leaves). They bind to receptors in the insect’s central nervous system, stimulating the nervous system at low concentrations, or creating paralysis and death at high concentrations.