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Nearly 300 years ago the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus secured his place in scientific history when he created what’s known as the binomial system. The year was 1737 and, due to the large diversity of plants and …
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An emerging "insect apocalypse" will have radical effects on the environment and humankind, an Australian scientist has warned.
An international study on the future of insects under climate change scenarios has found the loss of …
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Mycologists tend to base their evolutionary assumptions about all fungi on the higher fungi such as mushrooms, bread molds and yeasts. But that is a mistake, according to a major recent study …
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The African coconut beetle Oryctes monoceros and Asiatic rhinoceros beetle O. rhinoceros have been associated with economic losses to plantations worldwide. Despite …
John Innes Centre
A mechanism used by a fungal pathogen to promote spread of the devastating cereal crop disease, blast, has been revealed in fine detail.
The Banfield group at the John Innes Centre, in collaboration with the Iwate Biotechnology …
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Source: CNRS
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- For proper operation, drones usually use accelerometers to determine the direction of gravity. Scientists have now shown that drones can estimate the direction of gravity by combining visual detection of movement …
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by Science China Press Twig mimicry is most common and diversified in Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), a group of iconic models for understanding the evolution of camouflage and mimicry among insects. Extant stick and leaf insects …
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by University of Exeter Exeter scientists have provided hope in the fight to control Panama disease in bananas.
Bananas are amongst the most popular fruits eaten world-wide. They are grown and eaten locally, so providing food for almost half …
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by Joseph Maina At the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) center in Mtwapa, Kenya, scientist Paul Kuria uproots two sets of cassava tubers exposed to the devastating cassava brown streak disease (CBSD).
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Hi Everyone; this is from Konrad Englberger, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. He is having problems in logging in and has asked me to post for him.
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Dear Pestnetters,
I wonder if I can get help in the identification of a …
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