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Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-01-bushfire-crisis-aussie-insects.html
by Jessica Fagan, Australian National University
Australia's current bushfire crisis could wipe out some of our rarer insect species, according to a group of experts. …
Phys.Org (from The Conversation) https://phys.org/news/2020-01-lessons-effectively-tackle-insect-invasions.html
by Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, The Conversation
Kenyan food production and grazing land is under threat from a huge desert locust …
Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/aphid-munching-beetle-could-help-save-hemlock-forests
The result marks a rare success for forest scientists aiming to use introduced insects to battle pests, a strategy called biocontrol. Researchers …
Read more...Cornell Chronicle https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/01/wild-tomatoes-resist-devastating-bacterial-canker
Many New York tomato growers are familiar with the scourge of bacterial canker – the wilted leaves and blistered fruit that can spoil an …
Pity the scientific names are not given. Common names without scientific names are not that useful: there are more than one disease caused target spot on tomato. One of the things that has become obvious to us in the Pacific is that spots on …
Read more...USDA-ARS https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAARS/bulletins/275dd2b
By Jan Suszkiw January 13, 2020
Exotic ambrosia beetles are costly pests of ornamental and fruit trees nationwide—from front-yard plantings of Japanese maple and oak to …
Stuff.co.nz https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/118697488/how-to-avoid-the-insect-apocalypse
Insect Apocalypse: 40% of world species threatened with extinction, report finds
This story was originally published on Newsroom.co.nz and is …
Cornell Chronicle http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/01/plants-speak-roundworm-self-defense-study-shows
Nematodes are tiny, ubiquitous roundworms that infect plant roots, causing more than $100 billion in crop damage worldwide each year. New …
Scoop SciTech https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2001/S00007/world-attention-for-new-zealands-threatened-fungi.htm
World attention for New Zealand’s threatened fungi
Established in 1964, the International Union for …
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