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Biolinked Blog https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/organic-farming-methods-favour-pollinators
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Pollinating insects are endangered globally, with a particularly steep decline over the last 40 years. An extensive 3-year study from …
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2019-01-10T15:00:00.0000000Z
FreshPlaza

CABI scientist Dr Lukas Seehausen has updated delegates at the International Soft Fruit Conference …

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Switzerland
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2019-01-09T15:00:00.0000000Z

The Invasives Blog https://blog.invasive-species.org/2019/01/09/using-animals-in-the-fight-against-invasive-species/

By Lizzie Finch

Whilst prevention is better than a cure, it is not always possible to stop every invasive species from entering an …

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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-01-09T05:41:00.0000000Z
CORDIS
Food crops are continuously threatened by invasive pest species. One such pest that began to appear in Europe over the last decade or so is the Halyomorpha halys, …
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2019-01-09T03:26:00.0000000Z
Credit: P. Moonjuntha (Thailand Department of Agriculture)

Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190107131232.htm

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An international team of scientists, involving entomologists, conservation biologists, agro-ecologists and geographers, has just revealed how on-farm …
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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-01-09T02:51:00.0000000Z

The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/sound-haunted-diplomats-cuba-crickets/579637/ Science By Ed Young

In late 2016, American diplomats living in Cuba started hearing a strange noise in their homes. It was high- … Read more...
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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-01-05T08:48:00.0000000Z
Africanews.com

Exalto Mamani, a coca leaf grower, sprays his fields in the Nor Yungas region of Bolivia with pesticides. The practice …

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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-01-03T20:00:00.0000000Z
Fire ants meet on banana leaf (Photo: 123RF)

FYI. Article can also be read at: https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/379449/fire-ant-awareness-programme-launched-in-american-samoa (Apologies for any cross-posting) From radio New Zealand People in American Samoa have …

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Cairns QLD, Australia
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2019-01-02T01:56:28.8461222Z
Close-up view of Dipteracanthus prostratus (Acanthaceae) Prostrate habit of Dipteracanthus prostratus

Hi everyone

I promised Grahame that I would send a test image to the new Platform, so decided to provide an image of a widespread, but not necessarily well-recognised weed for your information.

The weed pictured is Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) …

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2018-12-30T01:27:00.0000000Z

Pierre SILVIE pierre.silvie@cirad.fr [pestnet] 

Dear Pestnetworkers

a colleague of us found some symptoms on the trunk of his mango trees  (see picture) in Senegal. Il could be a fungus according to a  publication (attached file). Has …

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