... have found a faster way to study the spread and diet of insect pests. Using a technique called DNA barcoding ... , a country slightly larger in size than California with an insect diversity more than three times that of the United States ...
University of Minnesota researcher George Weiblen and colleagues have found a faster way to study the spread and diet of insect pests...
... have found a faster way to study the spread and diet of insect pests. Using a technique called DNA barcoding, which involves the identification of species from a short DNA sequence ...
... Entomology shows that radiation can be used to effectively sterilize the light brown apple moth (LBAM), an insect pest found in Australia, New Zealand, California ...
... has expanded. These additional factors include insect biology, synchrony of insect and corn phenology, reduced ... less deep plowing minimizes mortality to insect pests that overwinter in the soil. Another possible ...
... after infected cattle were imported from neighbouring countries. "This insect pest is not restricting itself to one country, flies ... and frightening development change. Agricultural pests, vectors of insect diseases, are invading into areas where ...
... occurs there is no doubt that insect pest populations will shift, and insects are what transmit viruses. Those insects will likely move into areas they have not seen before. Since small ...
... of specialists to work on new ways of controlling this pest," Senator Carr said. According to CSIRO's Group ... establish us as leaders in organising major insect genome projects." The project is another ...
... in Bangladesh battling outbreaks of leaf blight and insect pests are now getting expert help from Southeast Asia's first plant disease identification ...
Distinguishing between insect pests and partners starts with an ironclad identification. Entomologists have now prepared a database with information to accurately ...
... more and more important in modern agriculture. With the help of these traps, insect pests can be controlled, e.g. in vineyards ... are also used to monitor pest infestation levels in crop fields. The results of this study increases our understanding of insect ...
... fungi, bacteria or viruses are applied in much the same way as chemical pesticides to fight insect pests, but have obvious benefits as they have little impact ...
... Island has scored a knockout. The birch leafminer, an insect pest that regularly disfigures birch trees ... to assist researchers working on a number of other important insect pests and weeds. "The birch leafminer program ...
... birch leafminer, an insect pest that regularly disfigures birch trees, has been virtually eradicated in the Northeast. The credit goes to entomologists ...
... plants that adapt to harsh climate conditions such as drought or flood, or that are resistant to certain diseases and insect pests. Called mutation induction, the technique ...
