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Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/crop-protecting-insects-could-be-turned-bioweapons-critics-warn?utm_campaign=news_daily_2018-10-04&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=2409742

By Kai Kupferschmidt

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FreshFruitPortal https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2018/10/02/australia-seeka-warns-of-possible-psa-detection-on-victoria-kiwifruit-orchard/

New Zealand-based kiwifruit grower Seeka has warned that it may have found the vine disease in an …

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FreshFruitPortal https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2018/10/04/bee-vectored-biopesticides-developed-as-alternative-to-spraying/

Bumble bees walking through Vectorite on its way out of the hiveCanadian ag-tech start-up Bee Vectoring … Read more...

Hi Pestnet group, I need your expertise to identify the disease on my client dragon fruit plants. This appeared right after typhoon Mangkhut passed Saipan.  See attached photos.  Thanks!

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Dear Colleagues,

Could any ones who can help the identification of a stinkbug with the photos attached? This stinkbug was collected from cashew, coffee and some fruit crops in the Central region of Vietnam. Thank you in advance and I look forward …

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Please help identify this type of tick by scientific name The ticks found on the cow (Aberdeen angus)

Country: Egypt City: El-kharja, New Valley

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Dr. Ahmed I. El-Tokhy Lecturer  plant protection Department Faculty of Agriculture …

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Greetings Grahame I’m painfully aware that I should know what this disease is, wiping out a friend’s chillies, here in Savusavu, Fiji, but I hope some patient plant pathologist will take pity on a mere entomologist and give me an i/d.The disease … Read more...

To: pestnet@yahoogroups.com Subject: [pestnet] Dragon Fruit plants [2 Attachments]Hi Pestnet group, I need your expertise to identify the disease on my client dragon fruit plants. This appeared right after typhoon Mangkhut passed Saipan … Read more...

University of Tasmania http://www.imas.utas.edu.au/news/news-items/a-geeky-version-of-gumtree-science-specimen-sharing-site-taking-off

Many brilliant ideas are so simple that it’s a wonder no one thought of them before.Otlet, a website created by … Read more...

The Conversation https://theconversation.com/the-worst-kind-of-pain-you-can-imagine-what-its-like-to-be-stung-by-a-stinging-tree-103220Interesting that some insects (and wallabies) are immune to the stinging chemical.Stinging trees grow in … Read more...