News tagged with entomologist
Salivating over wheat plants may net Hessian flies big meal or death
The interaction between a Hessian fly's saliva and the wheat plant it is attacking may be the key to whether the pest eats like a king or dies like a starving pauper, according to a study done at Purdue University.
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Research aimed at slowing spread of forest pests in wood packaging
As invasive forest pests such as emerald ash borer and Asian long-horned beetle decimate forests they never should have seen, scientists are investigating ways to slow the introduction of new insects that may be just as devastating.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Survey reports 2010/2011 winter honey bee losses
Total losses from managed honey bee colonies nationwide were 30 percent from all causes for the 2010/2011 winter, according to the annual survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Apiary Inspectors ...
May 23, 2011 |
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'Fly Man' researches pesky pests on Alcatraz
When forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey leaves the UC Davis Department of Entomology for his bimonthly trips to Alcatraz Island, it's not to sightsee.
May 02, 2011 |
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Identity theft by aphids
Collaborative research at the University of Guam has people asking: "What IS a species" and entomologists wondering about the relationship between an insect species and the host plant or plants it feeds on.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Predatory bugs can save cornfields
One of the worst pests of corn in the world, the corn rootworm, may owe its worldwide success partly to its larvae's nasty, sticky blood.
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Walk in the park yields biological treasure
A newly identified relationship between a fly and a weedy mustard-type plant promises to answer many long-standing questions surrounding the evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and their host ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Transgenic corn suppresses European corn borer, saves farmers billions
Transgenic corn's suppression of the European corn borer has saved Midwest farmers billions of dollars in the past decade, reports a new study in Science.
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Good luck not letting the bedbugs bite
For anyone hoping there's a quick, easy treatment for bedbugs in the near future, take note of the hesitation in Coby Schal's response.
Sep 21, 2010 |
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ARS Study Helps Farmers Make Best Use of Fertilizers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to make topographic maps with radar can help farmers divert more of their resources to the highest-yielding parts of their fields, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Scientists and students try to encourage ladybug love
Scientists in a South Dakota lab are on a Noah's Ark-like mission to save ladybugs on the brink of extinction.
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Researchers find that rare lady beetles prefer traditional diet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts from South Dakota State University and the nearby North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory watched helplessly as a colony of rare, captive lady beetles was lost in 2008, then ...
Mar 19, 2010 |
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NY researchers breeding rare native ladybugs
(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.
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Unusually quiet year for soybean aphids, but don't stop scouting
(PhysOrg.com) -- Entomologists across the Midwest expected to see soybean aphid outbreaks this year, but aphids have been slow in coming out, according to a Purdue University field crops entomologist.
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Missouri and Kansas are releasing alien insects to do battle with invasive plants
An alien plant species has invaded Missouri and is threatening to overrun crops and livestock pastures. To combat the scourge weed, officials are deliberately releasing two alien insect species to destroy its roots and seeds. ...
Aug 04, 2009 |
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