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For media inquiries contact: Jan Suszkiw, (202) 734-1176 January 11, 2022

A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists has developed an electronic nose to sniff out whitefly infestations of tomato plants.

The "E- …

ProMED

Source: FreshPlaza [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9386398/authorities-confirm-the-presence-of-fusarium-r4-in-a-plant-at-a-farm-in-the-colombian-department-of-magdalena/The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) and …

ScienceDaily

Source: University of California - San Diego

Researchers have discovered that biofilms, bacterial communities found throughout the living world, are far more advanced than previously believed. Scientists found that biofilm cells are …

ScienceDaily

Source: University of British Columbia The first comprehensive analysis of viral horizontal gene transfer (HGT) illustrates the extent to which viruses pick up genes from their hosts to hone their infection process, while at the same time …

HortDaily

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 …

Entomology Today

By Lori Spears, Ph.D. Bees are important ecosystem service providers, but unfortunately some species and populations are in decline due to factors such as habitat loss, pests, pathogens, climate change, and improper pesticide use. …

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For media inquiries contact: Autumn Canaday, (202) 669-5480 Researchers within the Agricultural Research Service's …

IAEA

We would like to inform that the January 2022 edition of the Insect Pest Control Newsletter (No. 98) is now available on our website:

EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938883

Identification of an enzyme that microbes deploy in the presence of plants leads to discovery of candidate genes involved in root colonization.

by DOE/US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

The Science

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