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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-10T04:00:00.0000000Z
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When this beetle mom disappears, her children become stronger and nicer
Although burying beetle young (beige) rely on their moms (black) for help, they can evolve to fend for themselves. TOMHOUSLAY.COM
Science https://www.sciencemag.org/ news/2018/08/when-beetle-mom- disappears-her-children- become-stronger-and-nicer By Elizabeth Pennisi Aug. 27, 2018 , 1:50 PM
MONTPELLIER, FRANCE—Burying beetles are the supermoms of the insect world. …
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-10T04:00:00.0000000Z
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UNDIAGNOSED NEMATODES, BANANA - TANZANIA, UGANDA
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: Sat 1 Sep 2018 Source: IPP Media/The Guardian [edited] https://www.ippmedia.com/en/features/combating- … Read more...
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-09T18:00:00.0000000Z
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MULTIPLE DISEASES, GINGER, BLACK PEPPER, COFFEE - INDIA: (KARNATAKA, KERALA)
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: Sun 26 Aug 2018 22:29 IST Source: The Hindu [edited] https://www.thehindu.com/business/post-rains- … Read more...
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-09T18:00:00.0000000Z
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CRISPR-Cas9 Used to Reduce Symptoms of Cassava Brown Streak Disease

Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD), which is caused by Cassava brown streak virus and Ugandan brown …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-09T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Invasive Species Are Riding on Plastic Across the Oceans
This article appears in the September 15, 2018 issue of Science News with the headline, "Plant partners: Scientists are tinkering with plant microbiomes to feed the world and save endangered species." Citations N. Christian et al. Exposure to the leaf litter microbiome of healthy adults protects seedlings from pathogen damage. Proc Biol Sci. Vol. 284, July 12, 2017. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0614. L.C. Mejía et al. Pervasive effects of a dominant foliar endophytic fungus on host genetic and phenotypic expression in a tropical tree. Front Microbiol. Vol. 5, September 12, 2014. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00479. G. Zahn and A.S. Amend. Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant. PeerJ. Vol. 5, November 10, 2017. doi:10.7717/peerj.4020. Further Reading C. Samoray. Plants trick bacteria into attacking too soon. Science News. Vol. 189, February 20, 2016, p. 5. H. Thompson. A vineyard’s soil influences the microbiome of a grapevine. Science News Online. March 25, 2015. T.H. Saey. Defense hormones guide plant roots’ mix of microbes. Science News. Vol. 188, August 22, 2015, p. 14 S. Milius. They’re all part fungus. Science News. Vol. 169, April 15, 2006, p. 231. S. Milius. Sweet Lurkers: Cryptic fungi protect chocolate-tree leaves. Science News. Vol. 164, December 13, 2003, p. 374.

CABI Invasives Blog https://blog.invasive-species.org/2018/09/10/invasive-species-are-riding-on-plastic-across-the-oceans/

Reblogged from National Geographic

Pelagic gooseneck barnacles hang like ropes off a plastic basin that …
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-09T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Where next for fall armyworm?
Left: value of all exports from 2012-2016 from source sub-Saharan African countries to vulnerable countries outside sub-Saharan Africa. Right: number of passengers in 2013 travelling from source sub-Saharan African countries with their final destination in vulnerable countries outside sub-Saharan Africa. Map of areas in Central and South East Asia suitable for fall armyworm invasion
Invasives Blog CABI https://blog.invasive-species.org/2018/08/30/where-next-for-fall-armyworm/
By Donna Hutchinson

Since its confirmed arrival in Nigeria in 2016, the fall armyworm has conquered almost 25.5 million square kilometres of Sub- …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-09T17:52:00.0000000Z
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Ancient insect graveyards reveal an explosion in bug diversity 237 million years ago
This fossil planthopper helped document a burst of biodiversity in Earth’s insects. D. ZHENG ET AL. SCIENCE ADVANCES (2018)

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/ancient-insect-graveyards-reveal-explosion-bug-diversity-237-million-years-ago

By Elizabeth Pennisi 
Two enormous fossil troves in China have yielded clues to a mystery: how insects became the …
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-09T08:00:00.0000000Z
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Mosaic-like disease of papaya, India
Hello
Am sam from india.
I have posted a photo of a papaya plants. To me it seems to look like papaya mosaic virus. If am wrong somewhere do help me with correct guidances please.
Regards
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-09T08:00:00.0000000Z
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How plant microbes could feed the world and save endangered species
Healthy cacao pods (left) contain cacao beans encased in white flesh. The fungus that causes black pod rot (right) is a constant threat to plantations globally. FROM LEFT: CHANG/ISTOCKPHOTO; SCOT NELSON/FLICKR PLANT PARTNERS Phyllostegia kaalaensis grew on Oahu’s Koolau Range (above) until about 1970. Researchers are looking to microbes to help reestablish the mint plant. PLANT PARTNERS Phyllostegia kaalaensis grew on Oahu’s Koolau Range (above) until about 1970. Researchers are looking to microbes to help reestablish the mint plant. When pressed against a plate of nutrients that support methane-eating microbes, a soybean leaf leaves behind spots of growing bacteria. Those bacteria may help grow more robust plants. When pressed against a plate of nutrients that support methane-eating microbes, a soybean leaf leaves behind spots of growing bacteria. Those bacteria may help grow more robust plants.

One fine Hawaiian day in 2015, Geoff Zahn and Anthony Amend set off on an eight-hour hike. They climbed a jungle mountain on the island of Oahu, swatting mosquitoes and skirting wallows of wild pigs. The two headed to the site where a patch of …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-09-08T22:00:00.0000000Z
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When your X-ray subject has wings—peering inside insects with the advanced photon source
An image of the outside of a mosquito as it uses the pumping system in its head to drink. Scientists captured the image using the Advanced Photon Source, an extremely powerful X-ray. Credit: US Department of Energy Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-x-ray-subject-wingspeering-insects-advanced.html#jCp

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2018-08- x-ray-subject-wingspeering-ins ects-advanced.html

By Shannon Brescher Shea , US Department of Energyz

Slowly flapping its orange and black wings, a monarch butterfly sips liquid from a patch of mud. Its …

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