News tagged with crop pests
NY researchers breeding rare native ladybugs
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado.
Connectivity illuminates risk of spread of crop pests, diseases
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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The United States is one of the most important crop production areas in the world, so its vulnerability to crop pests is a vital concern. Ten such pests are estimated to enter the country every year, and the federal government ...
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Scientists discover how to send insects off the scent of crops
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded research, published this week in Chemical Communications, describes how scientists have discovered molecules that could confuse insects' ability to det ...
Diverse landscapes are better: Policymakers urged to think broadly about biofuel crops
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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Diversity is valuable socially, economically and now environmentally. Research by Michigan State University scientists has found that growing more corn to produce ethanol – creating less diverse landscapes ...
Farmers warned to get ready as climate change threatens crops
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Even if global temperatures rise slowly, climate change could slash the yields of some of the world's most important crops almost in half, according to a new study co-authored by an N.C. State University scientist.
Tillage, rotation impacts peanut crops
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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The increasing popularity of reduced tillage on crops has not only been an important development in combating soil erosion, but it has also been associated with increasing organic material and producing high crop yields.
First documented case of pest resistance to biotech cotton
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Feb 07, 2008 |
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A pest insect known as bollworm is the first to evolve resistance in the field to plants modified to produce an insecticide called Bt, according to a new research report. Bt-resistant populations of bollworm, ...
GM crop trials start again in Britain in 'secret': report
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Genetically modified crops are being grown in Britain for the first time in 12 months after controversial trials were resumed without alerting the public, a newspaper reported Monday.
New canola strain takes the 'evil' out of 'weevil'
Jul 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A strain of canola that could save farmers millions of dollars per year in crop losses and insecticide costs has been developed in part by a University of Alberta researcher.
Plant virus spreads by making life easy for crop pests
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 752, Japanese Empress Koken wrote a short poem about the summertime yellowing of a field in what is thought to be the first account of a viral plant disease. More than 1,250 years later, ...
Natural seed treatment could drastically cut pesticide use
Jun 08, 2009 |
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The technology - which makes plants significantly more resistant to pests - has now been licensed for use by US agricultural company Becker Underwood in collaboration with Plant Bioscience Limited.
Beneficial Nocturnal Insects Help Combat Pests in Texas
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Texas are staying up late to search for beneficial insects that feed on crops pest eggs at night.
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