(PhysOrg.com) -- Two lines of pest-resistant soybean painstakingly developed by a Michigan State University scientist promise healthier harvests for growers and a little green for the university too.
Other
Aug 2, 2010
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Consumers shouldn't assume that, because a product is organic, it's also environmentally friendly.
Ecology
Jun 22, 2010
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Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are tapping into the biochemistry of one of the world's most damaging insect pests to develop a biocontrol agent that may keep the pest away from gardens and farms.
Ecology
May 17, 2010
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The insects known as aphids can make their own essential nutrients called carotenoids, according to University of Arizona researchers.
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2010
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University of Illinois researchers recently identified a new soybean aphid biotype that can multiply on aphid-resistant soybean varieties. Soybean aphids are the No. 1 insect threat to soybean production in the North Central ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2010
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(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 teetered on the ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2010
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The genome of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum), sequenced by the International Aphid Genomics Consortium, is published this week in the online open-access journal PLoS Biology. Scientists from more than 10 nations took ...
Biotechnology
Feb 23, 2010
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Scientists have pinpointed specific mutations that allow a common plant virus to infect new species, according to research published in the March issue of the Journal of General Virology. Understanding the genetics of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 11, 2010
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One of the founding principles of Darwin's theory is that biological evolution has been shaped by the survival of the fittest. Things, however, are not always that simple as researchers from Royal Holloway, University of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists who compare insect chirps with ape calls may look like they are mixing aphids and orangutans, but researchers have found common denominators in the calls of hundreds of species of insects, birds, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2010
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