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Study finds hemlock trees dying rapidly, affecting forest carbon cycle
Feb 26, 2009 |
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New research by U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists and partners suggests the hemlock woolly adelgid is killing hemlock trees faster than expected in the southern Appalachians and rapidly altering ...
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Preserving the Hemlock
Mar 04, 2008 |
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As part of an ongoing effort to preserve the imperiled eastern hemlock tree species, researchers from North Carolina State University have successfully located the most genetically diverse populations of the species in the ...
New Southern California beetle killing oaks
May 01, 2009 |
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U.S. Forest Service scientists have completed a study on a beetle that was first detected in California in 2004, but has now attacked 67 percent of the oak trees in an area 30 miles east of San Diego.
Plant reflections may be key to early detection of treatment needs
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Feb 04, 2008 |
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When disease and insect problems in crops are visible to the naked eye, it may be too late to treat. That’s why Dr. Christian Nansen, Texas AgriLife Research entomologist, likes to take a closer look. A hyperspectral look, ...
Scientists find genes involved in the battle between Hessian flies and wheat
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Mar 07, 2007 |
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Wheat has ways to battle the tiny, red wormlike insects that nibble on the plant's leaves and can destroy crops worldwide, but the Hessian fly larvae that survive eventually evolve methods to overcome plant ...
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. ...
After more than 100 years apart, webworms devastate New Zealand parsnips
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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What could be lower than the lowly parsnip, a root once prized for its portable starchiness but which was long ago displaced by the more palatable potato? Perhaps only the parsnip webworm gets less respect. ...
'Natural' nitrogen-fixing bacteria protect soybeans from aphids
Apr 14, 2009 |
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An invasion of soybean aphids poses a problem for soybean farmers requiring application of pesticides, but a team of Penn State entomologists thinks a careful choice of nitrogen-fixing bacteria may provide ...
Calif. citrus farmers fear tree-killing disease
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tom Mulholland is girding for battle against a tiny enemy that could devastate the orange grove he has spent his life cultivating. His adversary: the Asian citrus psyllid, a fruit-fly-sized insect ...
Giving cockroaches the slip (w/ Video)
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough by scientists at Cambridge University may terminate the threat of termites, cockroaches and other pests such as ants and locusts - responsible for billions of pounds worth of ...
What is wild? Odor attraction among different wildtype Drosophila
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Oct 02, 2008 |
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Vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) show a highly selective behavior towards odor stimuli. A series of behavioral studies showed that a single olfactory stimulus is often not sufficient for immediate attrac ...
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