Soybean aphids starting to increase
The increase in soybean aphid numbers means producers should step up scouting efforts, but they also should take caution to avoid unnecessary spraying.
The increase in soybean aphid numbers means producers should step up scouting efforts, but they also should take caution to avoid unnecessary spraying.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2011
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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 ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2011
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As soon as aphids feeding on a plant sense the heat and humidity in a mammal's breath, they drop to safety before they are inadvertently ingested together with the plant the animal is feeding on. These findings by Moshe Gish ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2011
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University of Illinois researchers identified the top pathogens, pests and weeds affecting soybean production in a recent article in Food Security. Soybean aphid, soybean rust, soybean cyst nematode, Sclerotina stem rot and ...
Ecology
Jun 23, 2011
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Swiss researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich have discovered that a single gene in a particular aphid wasp decides whether the insects reproduce sexually or asexually. This is not only of interest for pest ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2011
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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.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2011
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A bacterium that can live symbiotically inside the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, is able to change the insects body color from red to green, a RIKEN-led team of molecular entomologists has found. Because body color ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2011
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For the tiny pea aphid, body color is a matter of life and death: Red and green color morphs determine their susceptibility to various predators and parasites in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2010
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Even Darwin was a self-admitted orchid lover. Dictionaries describe orchids as exotic ornamentals. Indeed, these plants more than 30000 different species are thought to exist are exotic due their extraordinary ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional thinking says that animal immune systems have evolved to defend against harmful microorganisms, but a new Cornell study examines the role of friendly bacteria in shaping animal immunity.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2010
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