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Tobacco plant 'stickiness' aids helpful insects, plant health Date:
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8/10/2019 8:56:20 AM -

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190808115111.htm

North Carolina State University
Summary:
Researchers show beneficial relationship between 'sticky' tobacco plants and helpful insects that consume tobacco pests.

Researchers at …

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Insects replace pesticides in Spain's 'Sea of Plastic'
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7/26/2019 7:34:35 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-07-insects-pesticides-spain-sea-plastic.html

by Emmanuelle Michel "They work for me night and day," smiles Antonio Zamora, standing in his greenhouse. His minuscule employees are bugs that feed on the parasites …

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Biological weapon against fall armyworm found in Africa
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4/6/2019 6:51:12 AM -

SciDevNet https://www.scidev.net/global/environment/news/biological-weapon-against-fall-armyworm-found-in-africa-1x.html

Speed read

  • Fall armyworm has devastated millions of hectares of maize and sorghum in Africa
  • Researchers have identified an insect …
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FAO guide outlines how to protect forests from invasive insects
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4/6/2019 6:28:10 AM -

FAO http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1187397/icode/

Classic biological control offers a tested, inexpensive and pesticide-free approach to battling alien pathogens

4 April 2019, Rome/Beirut - Bugs such as the Winter moth and Asian Chestnut …
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How a wasp might save the Christmas Island red crabs
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2/7/2019 6:32:08 AM -
by Donna Hutchinson

By Stephanie Dittrich. Reblogged from Island Conservation.

Invasive crazy ants threaten Christmas Island Red Crab populations, but a certain species of wasp might be able to help. Christmas Island, a remote Australian …

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Mite introduced to control one of region's worst weeds
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11/11/2018 10:00:31 AM -
New Zealand Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12157501
Whanganui Chronicle
 
By: Staff Reporter

One of the country's most noxious weeds may have just met its match.

Horizons Regional Council, on behalf …

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Risk analysis - using Cecidochares connexa for the biological control of Chromolaena odorata
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10/24/2018 9:33:35 AM -
Biosecurity Plant Division
Department of Agriculture and Water REsources
Australia

Good morning

The department has released the final risk analysis report for the release of Cecidochares connexa for the biological control of Chromolaena odorata.

Please …

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Fall Armyworm: Nipping a problem in the bud
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10/12/2018 7:50:03 AM -

The Indian Empress https://indianexpress.com/article/india/fall-armyworm-nipping-a-problem-in-the-bud-5385465/ India has to effectively deal with this new insect that can devastate maize and a host of other crops. This pest has been seen in the …

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Natural assassin hunt uncovers new diseases that can be weaponised to fight invasive grasses
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9/7/2018 11:51:03 AM -
ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-03-20/new-pathogens-found-in-fight-against-weed-grass/9566052 By Kallee Buchanan

A DNA lab in South Korea, natural-born assassins, weaponised pathogens — it may sound like elements better …

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Wasp Biocontrol Update 12
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7/6/2018 2:10:12 PM -
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 …

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