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2018-11-10T15:00:00.0000000Z
Caterpillar, fungus in cahoots to threaten fruit, nut crops, examine finds [Report]
New Zealand Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12157501
Whanganui Chronicle
 
By: Staff Reporter

One of the country's most noxious weeds may have just met its match.

Horizons Regional Council, on behalf …

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Biocontrol
Gall_mite
Aceria_vitalbae
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-11-10T15:00:00.0000000Z
Similar to article put out yesterday with more detail Phys.Org
Harvard University

Whether it's foraging for food, caring for the young, using their bodies to generate heat or …

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Neonicotinoids
Behaviour
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-11-10T15:00:00.0000000Z
EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uos-pic110918.php
University of Sheffield

High levels of pollution found in many of the world's major cities are having negative effects on plants and insects, according to new research from …

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Pollution
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Nitrogen_oxide
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-11-10T15:00:00.0000000Z

Infosurhoy http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/science/science-caterpillar-fungus-in-cahoots-to-threaten-fruit-nut-crops-examine-finds-report/

New research reveals that Aspergillus flavus, a fungus that produces carcinogenic aflatoxins …

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Amyelois_transitella
Interaction_fungus_insect
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-11-09T16:00:00.0000000Z

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/new-tracking-system-could-show-last-how-pesticides-are-harming-bee-colonies

Neonicotinoids, the world’s most commonly used insecticides, effectively thwart many crop pests but they also have  …
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Bees
Neonicotinoids
Sydney NSW, Australia
Request for information
2018-11-08T16:00:00.0000000Z
Greetings from Uganda!
Does anyone have photographs of the eggs, larvae and pupae of the rice stem borer, Diopsis longicornis please? I am teaching our scouts to identify eggs (if that is possible) or later stages, for more timely crop protection. ( …
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Uganda
Rice_stem_borer
Diopsis_longicornis
Sydney NSW, Australia
Identification request
2018-11-08T16:00:00.0000000Z
Unknown beetle attacking oil palm in Papua New Guinea

Would anyone know what this beetle may be?They were observed damaging mature oil palm fruit bunches. Thanks Mark Kimbe Papua New Guinea

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Beetles
Papua_New_Guinea
Oil_palm
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-11-07T19:00:00.0000000Z
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FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/9040201/spent-yeast-from-beer-breweries-could-be-fruit-fly-bait/
The sludge, left over from making beer, may be the next best tool for fruit growers to control spotted-winged drosophila (Drosophila suzukii …
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Drosophila_suzukii
Bait
Yeast
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-11-07T16:00:00.0000000Z
African big-headed ant

CSRIO https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/Island-saved-from-big-headed-African-ant

The invasive African big-headed ant has been eradicated from Lord Howe Island, helping to protect the unique World Heritage listed site.

Lord Howe Island is …

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Eradication
Big_headed_ant
Lord_Howe
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-11-07T16:00:00.0000000Z

The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-biological-pesticide-can-kill-deadly-palm-eating-beetle-startup-says/
Israel’s PlantArcBio says it has developed a pesticide with ‘100% efficacy’ to fight the deadly red palm weevil that attacks …
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