News tagged with natural enemies
Slug ecology and management in no-till field crops
As acreage of row crops managed with conservation tillage increases, more growers are encountering slugs, elevating their importance as crop pests. Slugs can eat virtually all crops, and they are challenging ...
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Insect DNA offers tiny clues about animals' changing habitats
The long-term impact of climate change on natural communities of wild animals could be better understood thanks to a new study.
Mar 08, 2012 |
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UC Riverside bug expert visits Rwanda to solve mystery surrounding specialty coffee sector
The expertise of entomologists at the University of California, Riverside has a worldwide impact, with researchers tracking down the natural enemy of the Asian citrus psyllid in Pakistan, identifying insecticidal ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Scientists release natural enemy of asian citrus psyllid
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Riverside scientists released a natural enemy of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) this morning on campus to help control the spread of the psyllid, an invasive pest ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Controlling whiteflies the natural way
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are showing Arizona cotton growers how to reduce their dependence on broad-spectrum insecticides by controlling sweetpotato whiteflies with greener alternatives.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Fewer aphids in organic crop fields
Farmers who spray insecticides against aphids as a preventative measure only achieve a short-term effect with this method. In the long term, their fields will end up with even more aphids than untreated fields. This has been ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Parasitoid wasps protect lettuce and celery from pests
Scientists have found that a native British parasitoid wasp has been found to be very effective at controlling the shore flies that infest lettuce and celery greenhouses, damaging crops and annoying farmers.
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Trails tell tails of how leaf miners conquered Europe
The leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella, still unknown three decades ago, has spread throughout the whole of central Europe. The insect made its way north, west and east by truck and rail. Fighting it seems impossible. ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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UGA studies explain spread of invasive ladybugs
A University of Georgia researcher studying invasive ladybugs has developed new models that help explain how these insects have spread so quickly and their potential impacts on native species.
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Globe-trotting researchers find natural enemies of the olive fruit fly
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC scientists and cooperators traveled the world looking for natural enemies of the olive fruit fly — the most important pest of olive trees — and found several parasites of the fruit fly that may ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Cycad pest uses small size to hide from predators
One way to keep from getting eaten is to run. But recent research at the University of Guam's Western Pacific Tropical Research Center shows that sometimes it's better to just hide.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Scientists hope tiny insect can help save soybeans
(AP) -- An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation's soybean crop from aphids.
Jul 09, 2009 |
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