29 submissions found.
Nature
· Zhiyan Zhu, · Guiyun Wu, · Rufang …
Phys.Org
by Ricardo Muniz, FAPESP A new study has analyzed the potential of a bacterium for biological control of the fungus Hemileia vastatrix, which causes coffee rust, a major challenge for Brazilian coffee growers. An article on the study is …
Nature Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports volume 12, …
Authors: W. M. Lonsdale, D. T. Briese, J. M. CullenAUTHORS INFO & AFFILIATIONS
Smithsonian
The Golden State’s citrus industry faced a lethal threat. The solution would herald a new kind of pest control
Martin J. Kernan In the early 1870s, ambitious farmers were cultivating the first seedless navel and sweet Valencia …
Washington State University
By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences WENATCHEE, Wash. – A parasitoid wasp that is the natural enemy of a fly known as the spotted-wing drosophila could be a good friend to …
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-06-methods-boost-success-classical-biological.html
by CABI A CABI-led study has revealed that the success of Classical Biological Control (CBC) in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East is only rarely dependent on …
Reaction https://reaction.life/wasps-why-i-love-them-and-why-you-should-too/
By Seirian Sumner I was lying on the jungle floor of a Malaysian rainforest with a wasp nest dangling 10cm from my nose. I had painted each wasp with a few coloured …
EureAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/cup-soi031021.php
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
WESTMINSTER, Colorado - March 10, 2021 - The paperbark tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) was introduced to the U.S. from Australia in the 1900s. …
KBC https://www.kbc.co.ke/icipe-researchers-make-breakthrough-in-fall-armyworm-control/ BY:Margaret Kalekye Fall Armyworm (FAW) or Spodoptera frugiperda , is an invasive pest that is wreaking havoc in Kenya and many other parts of the world, causing …