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June 3, 2021 —Researchers have developed a computer simulation tool to predict when and where pests and diseases will attack crops or forests, and also test when to apply pesticides or other management strategies ...
Sep. 5, 2022 —Researchers use historical soil temperature data to learn about -- and predict -- overwintering success of the nasty corn ...
Jan. 31, 2023 —Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research. Scientists have highlighted how almost the entire African ...
Aug. 27, 2020 —Scientists have developed a molecular sponge that soaks up the pheromones of ants and releases them slowly to attract the pests to an insecticide ...
Jan. 4, 2023 —A new study shows the potential for using Twitter and online news articles to track the timing and location of invasive insect spread in the United States and around the globe. Researchers say these ...
Dec. 21, 2020 —A collaboration between the University of Arizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated the pink bollworm -- one of the world's most damaging crop pests -- from the ...
Feb. 15, 2021 —A recent study finds that the invasive spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) prefers to lay its eggs in places that no other spotted wing flies have visited. The finding raises questions about ...
Aug. 10, 2021 —The dining time of different insects impacts a plant's defenses and nutritional quality -- a complexity uncovered in new research with implications for pest management ...
Sep. 26, 2022 —A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change. A recent modelling study found that changing weather could increase suitable habitat for the brown ...
June 3, 2021 —A new study reveals that beetles, wasps and other beneficial arthropods are nearly twice as abundant and diverse in uncultivated field edges in the spring as they are in areas that are cropped - if ...