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Beneficial Nocturnal Insects Help Combat Pests in Texas

(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.

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Killing crop-eating pests: Compounds work by disrupting bugs' winter sleep

(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of compounds that disrupt a worldwide pest's winter sleep hints at the potential to develop natural and targeted controls against crop-eating insects, new research suggests.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unlocking genome of world's worst insect pest

The Australian Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, said – at the BIO 2008 International Convention in San Diego, California – that the team was expected to sequence the moth's ...

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created Jun 18, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

First documented case of pest resistance to biotech cotton

A pest insect known as bollworm is the first to evolve resistance in the field to plants modified to produce an insecticide called Bt, according to a new research report. Bt-resistant populations of bollworm, ...

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created Feb 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 2


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