Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-02-symbiotic-viruses-host-insects-override.html

Aphids, small sap-sucking insects, are virus carriers responsible for significant economic losses in many crops worldwide. Many aphids form symbiotic and mutualistic …

Nature Scientific Reports

• Bingyan Li, 
• Yuange Duan, 
• Zhenyong Du, 
• Xuan Wang, 
• Shanlin Liu, 
• Zengbei Feng, 
• Li Tian, 
• Fan Song, 
• Hailin Yang, 
• Wanzhi Cai, 
• Zhonglong Lin & 
• Hu Li 

Nature …

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by Désirée Schulz, Fraunhofer-GesellschaftProtecting plants efficiently against pests without harming other organisms—this is the objective of the joint research project ViVe_Beet, which is coordinated by the Julius Kühn …

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by Liu Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The risk for pandemic diseases caused by arboviruses is rising as the dispersal rate of their arthropod vectors increases. During probing and feeding of arthropod vectors, vector-borne viruses are …

Cornell Chronicle http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/06/scientists-discover-key-plant-virus-insect-virus-interaction By Aaron J. Bouchie Aphids and the plant viruses they transmit cause billions of dollars in crop damage around the world every year …

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/these-suicidal-aphids-repair-their-home-their-own-bodily-fluids?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-04-16&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=2771173

By Alex Fox The gall aphid’s home repair strategy gives new …

Greenhouse Management http://www.greenhousemag.com/ article/reproductive-capacity- of-insect-and-mite-pests/ Preventative plant protection strategies are crucial in alleviating problems with insects and/or mite pests.