A pilot programme by Plant & Food Research to collapse the population of one of New Zealand’s most harmful apple pests, the …
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I have been involved with monarch butterflies for over 40 years. Each year I take eggs or larvae into a netted area and release the adults, affording them protection from (mainly) social wasps. I founded the …
Read more...The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) has announced it is allocating almost US$70 million from Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill to support 494 projects in 49 states, Guam and Puerto Rico.
The organization said these projects prevent the …
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I am posting this for Sam who in March last year sent us photos of okra with small, rather elongated, light green bumps on the surface. Sam's message is below, and photos Okra1&2 are attached. Today, Sam has send another … Read more...A DNA lab in South Korea, natural-born assassins, weaponised pathogens — it may sound like elements better …
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By Will HollandThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has paired with the UK Government to award the Next Generation (NextGen) Cassava Breeding Project $35 million with the aim of promoting the growth of cassava crops and to …
Read more...This may be of interest to biosecurity personnel. These are changes to methyl bromide fumigation rates of fruit from the state of Victoria to the state of Tasmania where there has been a recent infestation of Queensland fruit fly.
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