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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-27T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Fiji 2016 Ant-Mealybug Bioinvasion - article

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Randy Thaman has written up the outbreak of mealybugs and scale Fiji associated with the invasion of the white-footed ant, and created a very nice publication that I am sure you will find interesting. There's lots of good pics, … Read more...
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-26T22:00:00.0000000Z
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New Geographical Insights of the Latest Expansion of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 Into the Greater Mekong Subregion

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00457/full

Plant Sci., 09 April 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00457

Si-Jun Zheng1,2*†, Fernando A. García-Bastidas3,4†, Xundong Li1†, Li Zeng1, Tingting …
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Grahame Jackson
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2018-04-25T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Landscapes surrounding farms affect insect pests, crop yields, study finds

Cornell Chronicle http://news.cornell.edu/ stories/2018/04/landscapes- surrounding-farms-affect- insect-pests-crop-yields- study-finds By Krishna Ramanujan

Landscapes that surround agricultural lands strongly influence the dynamics of …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-25T14:00:00.0000000Z
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The threat of invasive species to biodiversity: Biological control of Himalayan balsam

Open Access Government https://www.openaccessgovernme nt.org/biological-control- himalayan-balsam/44711/

Alan Gange, Amanda Currie & Nadia Ab Razak (Royal Holloway, University of London), Carol Ellison, Norbert Maczey & Suzy Wood (CABI … Read more...
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-25T04:00:00.0000000Z
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Why freeloader baby-eating ants are welcomed to the colony
EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/osu-wfb042018.php PUBLIC RELEASE: 23-APR-2018

Chemical weaponry likely explanation for open-door policy, study finds

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

CREDIT: STEFANIE NEUPERT AND BARBARA SHARDY, THE … Read more...

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-25T04:00:00.0000000Z
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Scientists design a novel formula that repels and kills mosquitoes

The Conversation https://theconversation.com/scientists-design-a-novel-formula-that-repels-and-kills-mosquitoes-95323 April 25, 2018 12.36am AEST Walter FockeProfessor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Director of Institute of Applied …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-25T04:00:00.0000000Z
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Study could spawn better ways to combat crop-killing fungus
A typical eye-shaped lesion of rice blast disease on 'Katy,' a US rice variety. Credit: Yulin Jia/USDA Agricultural Research Service

PhysOrg Https://phys.org/news/2018-04-spawn-ways-combat-crop-killing-fungus.html#jCp

By Todd B. Bates, Rutgers University

About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating disease in rice first became harmful to the food that … Read more...

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Grahame Jackson
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2018-04-25T04:00:00.0000000Z
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WEMA maize shows promising resistance to destructive fall armyworm

Myjoyonline.com https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2018/april-26th/wema-maize-shows-promising-resistance-to-destructive-fall-armyworm.php

Source: Ghana|Myjoyonline.com | Joseph Opoku-Gakpo | Joy News Scientists have observed unexpected benefits … Read more...
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-24T18:00:00.0000000Z
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New study explains antibiotic resistance in apple, pear disease

EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/uoic-nse042418.php

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

URBANA, Ill. - When humans get bacterial infections, we reach for antibiotics to make …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-04-23T14:00:00.0000000Z
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Tick Control Program Reveals High Level of Infection in White-Footed Mice
The black-legged tick can spread Lyme disease to people.

ARS News Service Agricultural Research Service, USDA --View this report online, plus photos and related stories, at www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/ news-archive/ --Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/USDA_ARS

By Kim Kaplan

ELLICOTTCITY, …

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