Submissions

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

Identification request

2017-12-10T08:00:00.0000000Z

Request for identification of beetle - Egypt

Dear Sir Ask for help in identifying these beetles that were fed on the wheat crop planted in Alkharja city in new valley governornate, Egypt

Wheat

Beetles

Egypt

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

Request for information

2017-12-09T04:00:00.0000000Z

Destruction of coconut palms - breeding sites for Oryctes rhinoceros

As most members will know the G strain of the coconut rhinoceros beetle arrived in Solomon Islands a couple of years ago. We have been trying to ramp up controls, but the major one, sanitation, is proving difficult. In particular we are …

Solomon_Islands

CRB_G_strain

Coconut_palm_destruction

Oryctes_rhinoceros

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-08T18:00:00.0000000Z

Wasp Biocontrol Update 12

Landcare Research https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/about/news/snippets/wasp-biocontrol-update-12 For the videos go to the URL above

By Bob Brown After racing badgers to wasp nests last year, and losing half the time, I decided to schedule this …

New_Zealand

Biocontrol

Vespula_species

Hoverfly

Volucella_inanis

Parasitoid_wasp

Sphecophaga_vesparum

Metoecus_beetles

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-08T18:00:00.0000000Z

Major project to tackle crop disease in Africa starts with conference of world-class researchers

University of Bristol http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2017/december/connected-conference-.html A major new project aimed at tackling the devastation caused by plant disease in Africa will be launched when world-class scientists and researchers …

Africa

United_Kingdom

Plant_diseases

CONNECTED

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-06T14:00:00.0000000Z

POTATO ROT NEMATODE - CHINA: (NEI MONGOL)

A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: November 2017 Source: European Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) …

China

Ditylenchus_destructor

Inner_Mongolia

Potato_rot_nematode

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-06T04:00:00.0000000Z

Amoeba harnesses bacterium to make food using the sun

The DailyCampus http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/12/7/amoeba-harnesses-bacterium-to-make-food-using-the-sun

University of Connecticut

Rewind a billion years back into Earth’s history and you’ll be in the midst of a biological revolution. The …

Amoeba

Photosynthetic_bacteria

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-05T14:00:00.0000000Z

TOMATO LEAF CURL NEW DELHI VIRUS, ZUCCHINI - MOROCCO: FIRST REPORT (SOUSS-MASSA)

A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: December 2017 Source: Plant Disease [edited] <https://apsjournals …

Morocco

Tomato_leaf_curl_New_Delhi_virus

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-03T04:00:00.0000000Z

Australia on alert after stink bug find in Sydney

FreshFruitPortal https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2017/12/05/australia-alert-stinkbug-find-sydney/?utm_source=Freshfruitportal.com&utm_campaign=286854aceb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_09f78bd3b2-286854aceb- …

Australia

Marmorated_stink_bug

Interception

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-02T04:00:00.0000000Z

Dual impact of elevated temperature on plant defence and bacterial virulence in Arabidopsis

Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/ articles/s41467-017-01674-2 Abstract

Environmental conditions profoundly affect plant disease development; however, the underlying molecular bases are not well understood. Here we show that elevated …

Effector_proteins

Environmental_conditions_disease

Pseudomonas_syringae_pv_tomato

Salicylic_acid

Plant_pathogen_interaction

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-01T18:00:00.0000000Z

Maize pest exploits plant defense compounds to protect itself

PhysOrg https://phys.org/news/2017-11-maize-pest-exploits-defense-compounds.html The western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera), orginally from Central America, is more and more frequently found in Europe. Credit: Nowlan Freese, Max …

Maize

Max_Planck_Institute

Rootworm_Diabrotica_virgifera_virgifera_

PestNet