New R Package TrackTrap Automates Pest Phenology Modeling With Live Weather Data
TrackTrap is an open-source R package that retrieves weather data, computes growing degree days from a biofix, and visualizes trap ...
Tag: integrated pest management
Fly larvae devour seeds of Egypt’s worst faba bean weed, field study finds
A three-season field study in Egypt found that the broomrape fly Phytomyza orobanchia destroyed 59.6, 91.36, and 100 percent of ...
Native Fungus Wipes Out Mustard Aphids and Survives Brutal Heat in Lab Tests
A Metarhizium anisopliae isolate from northern Thailand killed mustard aphids within five days at high spore doses and showed the ...
Native Nematode Strains Show Promise Against Willow-Boring Leopard Moth Larvae
A field trial in Egypt found that injecting willow tree galleries with the native nematode Steinernema carpocapsae EGAZ10 at 500 ...
Trichoderma Fungus Cuts Banana Wilt Damage and Boosts Yields in Lebanon Field Trials
A survey of 87 banana fields in South Lebanon found Fusarium wilt TR4 in about 30 percent of them, and ...
Integrated Pest Management Slashes Fall Armyworm Damage in Indian Rabi Maize
A three-year on-farm study across 20 sites in Warangal, India, found integrated pest management kept fall armyworm far below levels ...
Predatory Mite Excels Against Spider Mites but Struggles with Thrips in Lab Tests
The predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus, a workhorse of augmentative biological control programs worldwide, is markedly better at hunting two-spotted spider ...
Fungi, nematodes and parasitoids show promise against fall armyworm, review finds
A systematic review of 31 studies finds significant pooled effects for entomopathogenic fungi, nematodes, Bacillus bacteria and selected parasitoids against ...
Mixed Baculovirus Infections Boost Cotton Leafworm Mortality, but Only Additively
A laboratory study found that combining a nucleopolyhedrovirus and a granulovirus increased mortality of cotton leafworm larvae, but the interaction ...
Wood-boring beetle raises bole breakage risk in Japan’s coastal forests
A field study in Niigata City, Japan, found that the wood-boring beetle Eupromus ruber preferentially infests Machilus thunbergii in coastal ...
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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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