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Phts.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-06-climate-affect-impact-roundworms-grasslands.html
Soil food webs play a key role in supporting grassland ecosystems, which cover about one-quarter of the land on Earth. Climate change poses a threat to these … Read more...EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/c-ctc061219.php
Data and knowledge management experts at CABI will now work with scientists Professor Katherine Denby from the University of York and Professor Sarah Gurr of the University of …
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Some fungi disrupt the normal behaviour of insects such as ants through chemical interference in the brain, causing the infected ant to behave in ways that will improve the opportunities for the fungus to spread its spores …
Read more...The News Minute - Environment https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/giant-african-snail-has-turned-kerala-its-home-locals-want-them-leave-103389
FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9113291/fall-armyworm-detected-in-taiwan/
Taiwanese agriculture officials have confirmed that the caterpillars found on a farm in Miaoli County last week have been identified as fall armyworms (Spodoptera …
Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/180-million-dna-barcode-project-aims-discover-2-million-new-species?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-06-10&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=2854688 "Biodiversity science is entering a very golden era," says …
Read more...Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-06-ideal-areas-biological-invasive-bug.html
Oregon State UniversityBiological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops, would be more effective in natural areas … Read more...Cornell Chronicle http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/06/scientists-discover-key-plant-virus-insect-virus-interaction By Aaron J. Bouchie Aphids and the plant viruses they transmit cause billions of dollars in crop damage around the world every year …
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Genetic Literacy Project https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/06/10/how-a-benign-virus-could-save-floridas-decimated-orange-industry-from-citrus-greening-disease/
In the early 1970s there was a ubiquitous television ad promoting …