Moth Sex Pheromone Trapping Drives Behavioral Resistance in Rice Pest
Researchers have shown that five years of mass trapping with a single sex pheromone blend drove wild rice stem borer ...
Tag: integrated pest management
Tanzania’s Rising Pesticide Use Poses Growing Health and Environmental Risks
A 25-year systematic review finds pesticide use in Tanzania has surged since 2000, leaving farmers poisoned, food contaminated, and malaria ...
Scientists Map Wheat Genes That Help Crops Endure Devastating Aphid Attacks
A genome-wide association study of 640 wheat accessions has identified six aphid-tolerant lines, 110 associated SNP loci, and six candidate ...
Order of Attack: How Nematode and Fungal Timing Decides Fall Armyworm’s Fate
New research shows that the order in which entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi are applied determines whether their combined attack on ...
AI Transforms Global Pest and Invasive Plant Management from Detection to Action
A comprehensive review shows that artificial intelligence, from hyperspectral sensing and climate-driven forecasting to autonomous drones and ground robots, is ...
Cotton Leafworm Can Rapidly Evolve Potent Resistance to a Key Insecticide
Laboratory selection over fifteen generations drove the cotton leafworm to more than 400-fold resistance to chlorantraniliprole, with genetic analysis revealing ...
Tiny Insect Has Wiped Out Nearly 100,000 Hectares of Ethiopia’s Lifesaving Cactus
A deliberately introduced cochineal insect has destroyed over 96,000 hectares of cactus pear in Tigray, Ethiopia, causing an estimated USD ...
Algae Join the Fight Against Crop Pests in a Circular Farming Future
A new review highlights how microalgae and cyanobacteria can serve as sustainable, circular-economy biopesticides against insects, fungi, weeds, and nematodes.
Sweet Potato Weevil Pheromones Offer a Chemical Route to Cleaner Pest Control
A new review synthesizes decades of chemical ecology research showing that the sweet potato weevil's sex pheromone and plant volatiles ...
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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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