Targeting the bacteria inside insects for improved pest management
Any home gardener knows of the long-running battle against insect pests.
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2020
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News tagged with aphid populations
Asian lady beetles use biological weapons against their European relatives
Once introduced for biological pest control, Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis populations have been increasing uncontrollably in the US and Europe since the turn of the millennium. The species has been proliferating rapidly ...
Ecology
May 16, 2013
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Reducing numbers of one carnivore species indirectly leads to extinction of others
Previous studies have shown that carnivores can have indirect positive effects on each other, which means that when one species is lost, others could soon follow. A team from the University of Exeter and the University of ...
Ecology
Feb 28, 2013
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Rapid evolution within single crop-growing season increases insect pest numbers
New research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside shows that evolution – genetic changes in populations over time – can occur so rapidly in organisms that its impact on population numbers and ...
Ecology
Aug 15, 2011
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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.
Ecology
Jul 9, 2009
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