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FreshFruitPortal https://www.freshfruitportal. com/news/2018/05/23/australia- concern-as-red-imported-fire- ants-detected-outside-control- zones/
The Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) has raised concern over the detection of red imported fire ants …
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2018-05-hidden-world-chemical-warfare-beneath.html#jCp
by Eric Hamilton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The red pigment and antimicrobial compound bikaverin is shown accumulating in a chlamydospore in the fungus Fusarium …
Africa Science News Service http://africasciencenews.org/new-menacing-cassava-pest-identified-in-west-and-central-africa
A new pest—southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Stoll)—has been discovered in West and Central Africa!
Originating from the …
Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/ news/2018/05/many-plants-need- bacterial-roommates-survive- so-why-do-some-kick-them-out
By Elizabeth Pennisi
When it comes to getting one of their most critical nutrients, some plants recruit tiny friends: …
Many thanks to John Wightman for sending this to Pestnet
Recently GMWatch reported on attempts by the GMO lobby to persuade African …
Science Trends https://sciencetrends.com/fungal-diseases-in-managed-and-wild-bees/
by Sophie EF Evison
Bees live alongside a huge variety of microbes, and these vary from harmless commensal relationships to disease-causing pathogenic relationships. The …
Connected https://www.connectedvirus.net/event/africa-launch-conference/
Delegates from 10 African countries joined counterparts from the UK at the CONNECTED Virus Network Africa Launch Conference, which took place in Kampala, Uganda, from 7-9 May …
UCR Today https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/53193 By Sarah Nightingale on April 30, 2018
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have made an important step in understanding the molecular mechanism of …
Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/giant-invasive-worms-have-been-living-quietly-france-20-years?utm_campaign=news_daily_2018-05-29&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=2081475 By Matt Warren May. 22, 2018 , 12:45 PM
Invasive flatworms up to …
Fellow PestNetters,
Some of you may be interested in a new island record for Guam: the Pacific orange leafwing butterfly, Doleschallia tongana, discovered by my student, Jake Manuel, and identified by Don Buden, College of Micronesia, Pohnpei, and …