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2018-01-17T04:00:00.0000000Z

New Europe https://www..neweurope.eu/article/european-parliament-set-pesticides-committee-glyphosate-wars/

The EU’s legislative body political leaders have decided to set up a special committee to look into the EU’s authorisation procedure for …
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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-01-17T04:00:00.0000000Z
Anthracnose of banana

FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/188101/Essential-thyme-oil-reduces-post-harvest-anthracnose-in-organic-bananas Anthracnose in organic bananas is an aggressive post-harvest disease, which is difficult to control.

"Essential oils have …
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Ecuador
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-01-16T18:00:00.0000000Z
Conference details: Pests of Society

This might be of interest to some list members. http://envarch.net/events/51/aea-spring-2018/ Robin Hide

Canberra

From: The archaeobotany mailing list [mailto:ARCHAEOBOTANY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Hazell, Zoe Sent:Thursday, 18 January 2018 10: …

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Archaeobotany
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Identification request
2018-01-16T04:00:00.0000000Z
Cocoa pod borer, Kenya - Moth Cocoa pod borer, Kenya - Larvae Cocoa pod borer, Kenya - Moth

Dear all, First of all Greetings for the New Year! 

Can someone of the "pestnet" group can give us the name of the attached photos of the moth species found on cocoa fruit (the larvae are boring the fruit) or at least to get …

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Cocoa
Kenya
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Pod_borer
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-01-16T04:00:00.0000000Z
Northern corn leaf blight causes major yield losses if not detected and treated early. Resistance genes have been identified in corn, but the …
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2018-01-15T14:00:00.0000000Z

EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/sri-cdp010518.php LA JOLLA, CA - Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a fascinating new theory for how life on Earth may have begun.

Their experiments, …

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Citric_acid_cycle
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2018-01-15T14:00:00.0000000Z

Open Access Government https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/call-international-research-funding-locusts/41154/ Dr. Hojun Song from the Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University explores the future for international research and funding on …

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Locust
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2018-01-15T14:00:00.0000000Z

News Medical Net https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/RNA-interference-in-biotechnology.aspx

By Jeyashree Sundaram RNA interference (RNAi) is a rapidly developing and potent method of gene silencing.

RNAi is a fundamental and potent …

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Gene_silencing
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2018-01-15T04:00:00.0000000Z

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2018-01-bacteria-turbocharged-motors.html

The discovery, by a team from Imperial College London, provides insights into evolution at the molecular scale.

Bacteria use molecular motors just tens of nanometres wide to spin …

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Flagellum
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-01-15T04:00:00.0000000Z
By Peta Gay Rowe Story Highlights
  • The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, …
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