News tagged with mites
'Swindon Honeybee' could save Britain's bees
(PhysOrg.com) -- Honey bee numbers have been declining almost everywhere due to a pesticide-resistant mite called Varroa. Now a beekeeper in Britain claims to have discovered a strain of bee that destroys ...
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Mighty predatory mite and oil sprays may save eggplant production in Micronesia
Guam has been an important military, communication, aviation, and shipping hub of Micronesia for many years. The importation of vegetables from Korea and the Philippines has resulted in the arrival of several invasive mite ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Who are we sharing the planet with? Millions less species than previously thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- New calculations reveal that the number of species on Earth is likely to be in the order of several million rather than 10's of millions. The findings, from a University of Melbourne-led study, are based ...
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress
(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 ...
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Spider mite predators serve as biological control
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 ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Bees Throw Out Mites
Honey bees are now fighting back aggressively against Varroa mites, thanks to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) efforts to develop bees with a genetic trait that allows them to more easily find the mites ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Honeybees are on the rise but demand grows faster
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 ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Probing Question: Is indoor air pollution really a problem?
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 ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Mites On Hissing Coackroach May Benefit Humans With Allergies
(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 ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Spring into action against allergies
It's spring allergy season, and many of you are ready to wave the white flag -- a wad of tissues, that is -- in surrender.
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Wheat curl mite might require non-chemical control
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 ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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