Leaf-eating caterpillars greatly enrich their intestinal flora by eating soil. Even effects of plants that previously grew in that soil can be found back in bacteria and fungi in caterpillars. Researchers from the Netherlands ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2019
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Have you ever wondered about that sharp, green note that hits your nose when you mow the lawn or cut flower stems? Those are green leaf volatiles, or GLVs: easily evaporated oils that plants use to communicate with other ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2024
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A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist is showing growers how to combat whiteflies and other crop pests by using plants as storehouses for predatory insects that can migrate to cash crops and feed on the pests ...
Ecology
Sep 10, 2012
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Kansas State University is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems—or UAS—as a quick and efficient method to detect pest insects and diseases in food crops before ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2015
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Through a curriculum appropriately titled, "Bed Bugs and Book Bags," students worldwide are learning how to identify bed bugs, where they hide out and much more. The program teaches how to prevent the insects, and a new University ...
Other
Sep 21, 2016
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Leaving some weeds between crops can help to combat pests on agricultural land, according to a new study carried out by the University of Bonn. This step has particularly positive effects in combination with other measures: ...
Agriculture
Jun 25, 2024
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A new study published in the CABI Agriculture & Bioscience journal has reviewed progress made towards an eco-friendly insect pest management approach in subtropical agro-ecosystems in South Africa.
Ecology
Jul 19, 2022
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Outbreaks of insect pests and insect invasions are on the rise on the African continent.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2020
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Conservation science can help protect the variety of living things in tropical landscapes even if they are being turned into oil palm plantations, new research argues.
Ecology
Nov 24, 2011
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Scientists have discovered an enzyme used in nature to make powerful chemicals from catnip to a cancer drug, vinblastine. The discovery opens up the prospect of producing these chemicals cheaply and efficiently.
Biochemistry
Nov 21, 2012
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