How Ghana and Australia fought fall armyworm and what each learned from the other
A comparative analysis of biosecurity responses to fall armyworm in Ghana and Australia reveals that governance speed, not awareness, determined ...
Tag: integrated pest management
Desert Date Seed Extracts Tame Cowpea Anthracnose in Cameroon Field Trials
Field trials in Cameroon show that seed extracts from the desert date tree can cut cowpea anthracnose incidence and severity ...
Grid by Grid: New Subpopulation Model Tracks Billions of Aphids Across Whole Landscapes
Researchers have developed a formal subpopulation model within the ALMaSS framework to simulate four major aphid pest species across dynamic ...
DNA Barcodes Reveal Hidden Genetic Map of India’s Destructive Mealybugs
A new mtCOI-based study of 134 Indian mealybug specimens identifies fourteen species and reveals pronounced geographic genetic structure with implications ...
Prickly Poppy and Castor Bean Extracts Show Promise Against Varroa Mites
A field study in Mexico found that hydroethanolic extracts of Argemone mexicana and Ricinus communis significantly reduced phoretic Varroa destructor ...
A feast of aphids: assessing the detectability of prey aphid DNA inside ladybeetle predators using taxon-specific metabarcoding
Aphid DNA from multiple species was detected up to seventy-two hours post-ingestion and up to one hundred hours following cessation ...
Chemical Ecology Faces a Field Reality Check in Conservation Biological Control
A new review argues that conservation biological control must move beyond laboratory demonstrations of attraction and manage chemical information flow ...
Digital Seven-Spot Ladybird: New Agent-Based Model Brings Aphid’s Fiercest Predator into Landscape Simulation
Researchers have published a detailed formal model of the seven-spot ladybird for the ALMaSS agent-based simulation system, aiming to predict ...
Fish-Poison Plant Extract Crushes Bean Aphids in Tanzanian Field Trial
Field trials in Tanzania show that leaf extracts of Tephrosia vogelii chemotype 1 reduced black bean aphid infestations on common ...
RGB Meets Hyperspectral: AI Framework Spots Crop Pests Before Damage Shows
A two-stage imaging and deep learning framework detects and grades infestations of four greenhouse pests, distilling 248 spectral bands into ...
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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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