News tagged with mites
Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When spider mites attack a bean plant, the plant responds by producing odours which attract predatory mites. These predatory mites then exterminate the spider mite population, thus acting ...
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 ...
Honeybees are on the rise but demand grows faster
May 07, 2009 |
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The notion that a decline in pollinators may threaten the human food supply - producing a situation that has been referred to as a "pollination crisis" - can be considered a myth, at least where honey bees ...
Probing Question: Is indoor air pollution really a problem?
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A popular television commercial from the 1970s shows a Native American man in buckskin and feathers paddling his canoe through ink-black waters, past refineries billowing smoke. He comes aground on a litter-strewn shoreline ...
Mites On Hissing Coackroach May Benefit Humans With Allergies
Apr 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of molds on the cockroaches' bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses among ...
Spring into action against allergies
Apr 13, 2009 |
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It's spring allergy season, and many of you are ready to wave the white flag -- a wad of tissues, that is -- in surrender.
Wheat curl mite might require non-chemical control
Mar 31, 2009 |
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The wheat curl mite is a minute menace that wreaks havoc on the region's wheat crop; but it has no enemies currently that can take it out. That doesn't mean Texas AgriLife Research scientists aren't trying to find ways to ...
