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Source: PhysOrg [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://phys.org/news/2023-10-consequences-inaction-devastating-banana-disease.htmlBanana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) is the most widespread bacterial crop disease in Africa and is …
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The mite Amblyseius swirskii (adult female shown here) feeds on various insect and mite species, including many notorious pests of vegetable crops. A new article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management …
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A team led by Tappei Mishina at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered that parasites manipulate their hosts using stolen genes that they likely acquired through a phenomenon called horizontal gene transfer. …
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by Pensoft Publishersa Often introduced unintentionally by human activities, invasive alien species can outcompete and overwhelm native flora and fauna, driving species …
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For media inquiries contact: Autumn Canaday Every so often, cicadas emerge above ground and blanket the earth with their exoskeletons while emitting a high-pitched chirp … |
For the past couple of decades, tens of thousands of people living in rural Sri Lanka have been devastated by kidney failure due to unclear causes, also known as CKDu. Similar incidences of mysterious kidney diseases have emerged in tropical farming …
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by Russian Foundation for Basic Research RUDN University agronomists and colleagues from Tunisia have discovered a way to stop the spread of a phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. It affects crops, especially tomatoes. The Trichoderma …
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Fossil researchers have discovered a novel genus and species of tiny wasp with a mysterious, bulbous structure at the end of each antenna.
The female micro-wasp was described from 100-million-year-old Burmese amber in a study led by George …
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