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2023-10-22T07:18:00.0000000Z

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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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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2023-10-21T06:05:00.0000000Z

entomology today

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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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2023-10-21T04:49:00.0000000Z

EurekAlert

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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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2023-10-20T14:00:00.0000000Z

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2023-10-soil-sea-freight-dangerous-pests.html

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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Asike, Asiki, Boven Digoel Regency, Papua, Indonesia
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2023-10-19T23:41:49.0752905Z
2-3 cm length adult beetle group of beetles in daylight
I found this beetle fed on oil palm leaflets. The photograph was taken in one of oil palm plantation in Asike District, South Papua, Indonesia. Is anyone know the name of this beetle? thank you in advance. Read more...
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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2023-10-19T00:55:00.0000000Z
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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 …

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Castries, Saint Lucia
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2023-10-16T21:41:00.0000000Z

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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2023-10-08T08:55:00.0000000Z

Nature

Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 16936 (2023)

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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2023-10-06T20:50:00.0000000Z

Phys.Org

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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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2023-10-06T08:25:00.0000000Z

Phys.Org

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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