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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-17T04:00:00.0000000Z
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At last, butterflies get a bigger, better evolutionary tree
Researchers have produced a bigger, better butterfly evolutionary tree with a 35-fold increase in genetic data and three times as many taxa as previous studies. Credit Researchers have produced a bigger, better butterfly evolutionary tree with a 35-fold increase in genetic data and three times as many taxa as previous studies. Figure by Espeland et al. in Current Biology

EurekAlert https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/fmon-alb021518.php

Florida Museum of Natural History

GAINESVILLE, Fla.For hundreds of years, butterfly collecting has often inspired a special kind of fanaticism, spurring lengthy …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-16T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Ravaged by a poorly studied disease, cacao trees are dying

Phys.Org https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180216110518.htm

By Daniel Stolte, University of Arizona

Researchers warn that this scenario could become reality sooner than you might think.

About 70 percent of the world's …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-16T18:00:00.0000000Z
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New light shed on how plants get their nitrogen fix

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180216110518.htm

Researchers centered at Japan's University of Tsukuba untangle the genetics that allow legumes to respond to soil nitrogen

University of Tsukuba

Summary: Legumes are …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-16T08:00:00.0000000Z
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Comes naturally? Using stick insects, scientists explore natural selection, predictability
A green morph of the Timema genus of stick insects. Utah state university biologist Zach Gompert, with colleagues from the University of Sheffield, the University of Connecticut, the University of Notre Dame and Simon Frazier University, publish findings about natural selection and the predictability of evolution, based on studies of these insects, in the Feb. 16, 2018, issue of the journal Science.

EurekAlert https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/usu-cnu021518.php

Though evolution appears random, multiple mechanisms at play suggest natural selection

Untah Ste University

Is evolution predictable? Are changes in a species random or do they …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-14T04:00:00.0000000Z
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PHYTOPLASMA AND LIBERIBACTER COINFECTION, CITRUS - IRAN: (KERMAN)

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: January 2018 Source: European Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-14T04:00:00.0000000Z
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Why are pests developing resistance to Bt cotton in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh?

Down to Earth Magazine http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/why-are-pests-developing-resistance-to-bt-cotton-in-telangana-andhra-pradesh--59685

By Subhojit Goswami  

In Kharif 2017-18, cotton was grown over a total area of 12.25 million …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-14T04:00:00.0000000Z
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Researchers quantify nutritional value of soil fungi to the Serengeti food web

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2018-02-quantify-nutritional-soil-fungi-serengeti.html

by Kerry Bennett

Northern Arizona University The complex Serengeti ecosystem, which spans 12,000 square miles extending from northern Tanzania into southwestern …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-13T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Can nuclear technology zap hunger in Central African Republic?
Does not explain why the technology is needed; have other approaches to overcome cassava mosaic virus failed? Does anyone have any background that would help to understand this article more?
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-13T04:00:00.0000000Z
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NZ turns away vessel after stink bug detections
Brown marmorated stink bug

FreshFruitPortal https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2018/02/14/nz-turns-away-vessel-stink-bug-detections/?utm_source=Freshfruitportal.com&utm_campaign=6c5cf9ebe1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_09f78bd3b2- …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-12T14:00:00.0000000Z
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SUDDEN DECLINE, DATE PALM - PAKISTAN: (SINDH)

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 11 Feb 2018 Source: The News [edited] <https://www.thenews. …

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