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Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-09T08:00:00.0000000Z

Federal court orders EPA to ban chlorpyrifos

Western Farmer Press

https://www.westernfarmpress.com/crop-protection/federal-court-orders-epa-ban-chlorpyrifos

Almond growers will no longer be able to use chlorpyrifos now that a federal court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban …

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-09T07:22:00.0000000Z

Fears lessen that invasive fungi will completely wipe out Hawaii's iconic native tree

Science

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/fears-lessen-invasive-fungi-will-completely-wipe-out-hawaiis-iconic-native-tree?utm_campaign=news_daily_2018-08-09&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=2246881

By Elizabeth Pennisi

Hawaii's red- …

Hawaii

_Ohi_a

Ceratocystis

Invasive

Metrosideros_polymorpha

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-08T14:00:00.0000000Z

Morag’s ‘do-nothing’ approach to pest management – a peaceful way of gardening.

OurPermacultureWay https://ourpermaculturelife.com/morags-do-nothing-approach-to-pest-management-a-peaceful-way-of-gardening/

Our diversity garden includes flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruits, perennials, self-seeding annuals, natives, water, lots of …

Permaculture

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-08T04:00:00.0000000Z

Climate Change Is Damaging Soil Needed For Crop Growth

The University Network https://www.tun.com/blog/climate-change-damaging-soil-for-crop-growth/

Natalie Colarossi

Extreme weather conditions caused by climate change may have a more negative impact on soiland plant ecosystems than scientists …

Climate_change

Soil

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-07T18:00:00.0000000Z

Corn variety gets nutrients from bacteria, potentially reducing need for fertilizer

Science Daily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180807144941.htm

Date:: August 7, 2018
Source:: PLOS
Summary:: Is it possible to grow cereal crops without having to rely on energy-requiring commercial fertilizers? Researchers now describe a newly …

Maize

Nutrition

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-06T14:00:00.0000000Z

Plants can tell the time using sugars

https://phys.org/news/2018-08- sugars.html

A new study by an international team of scientists, including the University of Bristol, has discovered that plants adjust their daily circadian rhythm to the cycle of day and night by measuring the amount of …

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-06T04:00:00.0000000Z

Genomic study ties insect evolution to the ability to detect airborne odors

Phys.Org

https://phys.org/news/2018-08- genomic-ties-insect-evolution- ability.html

Diana Yates, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A new study reveals that all insects use specialized odorant receptors that enable them to detect and pursue …

Insect_evoluation

Odors

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-04T04:00:00.0000000Z

Putting bacteria to work

https://phys.org/news/2018-07- bacteria_1.html

July 20, 2018 by Steve Koppes, Argonne National Laboratory

The idea of bacteria as diverse, complex perceptive entities that can hunt prey in packs, remember past experiences and interact with the …

Bacteria

Behaviour

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-03T06:00:00.0000000Z

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) reported in the ETOP Bulletin to have reached india

ETOPBulletinforJuly2018 (1).pdf

Dear all,

The latest ETOP Bulletin on migratory pests contains the message that Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm has been found in Karnataka, India. Anybody among the subscribers to Pestnet has additional information on this outbreak ?

The pest …

Fall_armyworm

India

Spodoptera_frugiperda

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2018-08-02T08:00:00.0000000Z

Drones that detect early plant disease could save crops

Imperial College London https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/178983/drones-that-detect-early-plant-disease/

Wheat

Drones

Septoria

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