News tagged with pests
Experts: Disease-resistant plants enhance profits, client satisfaction
Dec 11, 2009 |
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New varieties of plants marketed as "disease-resistant" or "insect-resistant" are becoming more accessible to consumers. Available through local garden centers and catalogues, these attractive ornamentals ...
Long-Term Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Plants Studied
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Long-term, open-top chamber studies of how rising carbon dioxide (CO2) could affect crops, forests, and pastures reveal a wide range of impacts, according to Agricultural Research Service ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Experts watch health of bat colonies in wake of white-nose syndrome
Sep 18, 2009 |
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The tiny male bat didn't expect to wind up in a biologist's hand when he set out in search of a nighttime snack along Box Canyon Creek.
Conflict between plant and animal hormones in the insect gut?
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Cis-OPDA (12-oxophytodienoic acid) is a highly reactive plant hormone which simultaneously serves as a precursor molecule of the metabolic "master switch" jasmonic acid. Both signal herbivory in leaves and ...
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.
'Killer spices' provide eco-friendly pesticides for organic fruits and veggies
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Mention rosemary, thyme, clove, and mint and most people think of a delicious meal. Think bigger…acres bigger. These well-known spices are now becoming organic agriculture's key weapons against insect pests ...
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.
Texas takes steps to halt spread of fungus lethal to bats
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Texas officials are considering closing the state's caves out of fear that a deadly fungus associated with the growing number of bat deaths in the Northeastern United States may spread to this part of the country.
Biofuel crops pose invasive pest risk
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Researchers with the University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit have examined the impact of unregulated planting of biofuel crops for their potential invasiveness and raised concerns about their impacts on Hawaii's ...
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 ...
