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2023-03-19T22:07:00.0000000Z

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Source: Dominica News Online [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/government-tackles-black-sigatoka-on-island/The Government of Dominica is reviewing the treatment for black sigatoka ( …

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2023-03-19T21:37:00.0000000Z

Phys.Org

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have confirmed that bacteria-killing viruses called bacteriophages deploy a sneaky tactic when targeting their hosts: They use a standard genetic code when invading …

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2023-03-19T21:33:00.0000000Z
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2023-03-19T21:10:00.0000000Z

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Source: HortiDaily [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9511502/tobrfv-affects-southwestern-ontario-tomato-crops/First detected in Canada in 2019 in Ontario, _Tomato brown rugose fruit virus_ ( …

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2023-03-15T00:40:00.0000000Z

ScienceAlert

By CARLY CASSELLA More than 47 million years ago, giant carnivorous ants swarmed the prehistoric forest floors of North America looking for prey.

'Giant' is no exaggeration either. Some ancient colonies that lived in what is now the …

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2023-03-15T00:30:00.0000000Z

Earth.com

Earth.com staff writer Since rice is one of the most important crops in the world, constituting the primary food source for more than half of the Earth’s population, protecting rice plantations from disease such as bacterial …
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2023-03-15T00:24:00.0000000Z

ScienceDaily

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A review suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating fall armyworm pest.

A review, conducted by CABI scientist Dr …

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2023-03-14T23:55:00.0000000Z

University of Cambridge

"Now we can start gaining a mechanistic understanding of how the brain works." Marta Zlatic

This will help scientists to understand the basic principles by which signals travel through the brain at the neural level and lead …

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2023-03-14T23:07:00.0000000Z

Phys.Org

by University of Stirling Insect pests which attack crops have extraordinary powers to develop resistance to greener pesticides and a new way to manage resistance risks is needed, according to analysis by University of Stirling scientists.

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2023-03-14T22:28:00.0000000Z

Phys.Org

By CABI A new CABI-led study has found that mass media campaigns aimed at changing pesticide use to fight crop pests and diseases are more effective when farmers are exposed to multiple forms of communication.

CABI scientists collaborated with …

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