News tagged with bug
ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton growers will be better able to keep an eye out for two common pests because of a comprehensive survey by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at College Station, Texas.
Spider mite predators serve as biological control
Nov 02, 2009 |
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The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple ...
To better control Chagas disease, focus funds more efficiently, scientists say
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling the bug that causes Chagas disease, a chronic infection of 10 million people worldwide with no available cures or vaccines, is the primary goal of public health officials in the developing world. ...
Scientists use bed bugs' own chemistry against them
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scientists here have determined that combining bed bugs' own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.
Pandemic, or just a bad bug? (w/Webcast)
May 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- International alarm about swine flu is ebbing as the virus has proven far less virulent than was feared. But important questions and concerns remain about the new flu strain and its potential ...
Google software bug shared private online documents
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Google has confirmed that a software bug exposed documents thought to be privately stored in the Internet giant's online Docs application service.
How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...
