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Phys.Org

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by University of British Columbia Researchers have mimicked a corn plant's make-up in the lab to investigate "corn smut," opening the door to finding a cure for the …

IITA https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/05/31/iita-unveils-new-varieties-to-boost-cassava-production/

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has unveiled new cassava varieties developed by the NextGen project to boost …

Phys.Org

by Universitaet Tübingen Many disease-causing bacteria are able to inhibit the defense mechanisms in plants and thus escape dissolution by the plant cell, a process known as xenophagy. Animal and human cells have a similar mechanism whereby …

Nature Abstract

Scientific American

For insects trying to avoid hungry birds, flashy iridescent shells might not seem like the best evolutionary strategy. But in recent years, biologists have shown that iridescence—lustrous shifts in color, depending on the …

ScienceDaily

40 years of conservation data: Researchers show population trends of native insects

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Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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Sparse data often make it difficult to track how climate change is affecting populations of insect …

Entomology Today

By David Coyle, Ph.D. There’s been a lot of attention given to pollinators recently, especially native pollinators—which include bees, wasps, flies, beetles, and several other organisms—but also those species used commercially. Yes, I …

ProducePLus https://www.fruitnet.com/produce-plus/banana-freckle-detected-in-australias-northern-territory/246421.article

Dear Pestnet friends, 

I urgently need help on this Acronita beast eating up almost everything from banana to coffee on the island of Idjwi, DR Congo. Is there anything that can instantly be done?  What type of insecticide can be safely used …

The Guardian