AI Reads Nematode Body Shapes to Identify Devastating Crop Parasites
A hybrid deep learning framework that fuses handcrafted morphological measurements with convolutional image features identified two destructive root-knot nematode species ...
Tag: crop protection
Conserved β-tubulin as a target of ivermectin in plant-parasitic nematodes: molecular modelling and experimental protection of potato
A study combining sequence analysis, molecular simulations and potato experiments found predicted ivermectin binding to conserved nematode β-tubulin and reduced ...
Jacques Derron Built Pest Control Around Ecology, Evidence and Shared Knowledge
The career of Swiss entomologist Jacques Derron demonstrated how ecological research, biological control and carefully calibrated intervention thresholds can make ...
Inside Plants: How Microbial Allies Could Rewrite Crop Pest Control
A new review maps how endophytic microbes defend crops against insect pests, while warning that inconsistent colonization, environmental sensitivity, and ...
Targeted Maps Reveal How Africa Can Shield Its Maize From a Billion-Dollar Parasitic Weed
A new spatial modeling study estimates that parasitic Striga weeds cost African maize farmers about US$1.04 billion annually and shows ...
Fungal Lure That Attracts and Kills Wireworms
Wireworms, the subterranean larvae of click beetles in the genus Agriotes, are among the most stubborn pests in European agriculture. ...
Plant immune switches offer new blueprint for engineered disease resistance
A sweeping review maps the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational and post-translational switches that could let scientists program broad-spectrum disease resistance into ...
Plants’ Double-Headed Defenders: How Multifunctional Enzyme Inhibitors Could Reshape Crop Protection
A new review in Plant Molecular Biology defines plant multifunctional inhibitors as a distinct class of double-headed defense proteins and ...
AI Transformer Hits 98% Accuracy Spotting Jute Pests Before They Devastate Crops
Researchers in India have developed a hierarchical feature fusion transformer that identifies seventeen jute pest species with 98.43 percent accuracy, ...
AI That Shows Its Work: Explainable Deep Learning Spots Crop Pests in Real Time
Researchers have unveiled an explainable deep learning framework that detects insect crop pests in real time with up to 98 ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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