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EntomologyToday
By Saumik Basu, Ph.D The order of arrival and feeding of different insect pests impact a plant’s ability to fight back by altering its defense response and nutritional quality. My colleagues and I have unfolded the complexity …
Read more...Don't underestimate rabbits: These powerful pests threaten more native wildlife than cats or foxes
Phys.Org by Pat Taggart, Brian Cooke, The Conversation
In inland Australia, rabbits have taken a severe toll on native wildlife since they were introduced in 1859. They may be small, but today rabbits are a key threat to 322 species of …
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Phys.Org by John Innes Centre
Knowing how far these spores can travel could now help protect cereal crops from one of farming's oldest adversaries, stem rust.
Working on the deadly stem rust pathogen, researchers from the John …
EuroNews https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/22/this-deadly-tree-disease-has-been-discovered-in-europe-for-the-first-timeBy Jonny Walfisz
A potentially deadly tree disease has been …
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Source: European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) Reporting Service 09/2021/185 [edited] https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/article-7124In southern China, _Tomato mottle mosaic virus_ (_Tobamovirus_, ToMMV - EPPO …
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ABC Brisbane https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-19/stinkbug-compounds-new-car-delays/100550654
By Lucy Stone and Rebecca Levingston The stink bug poses a huge threat to Australia's agriculture industry. …
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Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid other prey that carry the same markings. Developing on this understanding, …
Organic Farmer
By Stacie Clary
For farmers, ranchers and/or land managers facing serious rodent problems, encouraging native barn owls to nest on their land can provide effective, ongoing biocontrol. The Western Sustainable Agriculture …
The Times (Nigeria) https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/489187-nigeria-grants-approval-for-genetically-modified-maize.html
The approval allows for open cultivation in the country.
The government of Nigeria has granted …
Phys.Org
by Paula Bustamante
Starving microorganisms capable of surviving in extreme conditions have already managed to "eat" a nail in just three days.
In Chile, a scientist is testing "metal-eating" bacteria she hopes …