Surplus sugar helps whiteflies detoxify plant defenses
Surplus sugar helps whiteflies detoxify plant defenses a complex of about two dozen barely distinguishable species. The actual damage to the plants occurs when the insects excrete sweet honeydew, which causes fungi to colonize the plants [..]
-->Press-release; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, September 28, 2020
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Using weather radar to monitor insects
Scientists are developing a pioneering technique that allows them to monitor insects in the air using weather radars, as part of a research project called BioDAR.
Ecosystems rely on insects for pollination and as vital parts of food webs, but insect populations have [..]
-->Press-release; University of Leeds, 25 July 2019
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Researchers release new app to study what makes ticks ‘tick’
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new smartphone app to help them understand where ticks are active and how people expose themselves to ticks. [..]
-->Press-release; Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease (MCE-VBD), at the University of Wiscosin, June 26, 2018
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Mosquitoes reveal fatal attraction
Discovering that children infected with malaria are more attractive to mosquitoes because they emit specific odours from their skin could yield new biomarkers of the disease and better insect traps. [..]
-->Press-release; Rothamsted Research - Mike Birkett, Chemical Ecologist, April 16, 2018
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Nocturnally-flying moths can control the direction of their migrations
A recent research that took place at Rothamsted Research Station has permitted to better understand the complex mechanism of the moth flight during the migration period.
Till now researchers thought moths were carried by the wind from a location to another, without any control of their flight, but now we know they can control its direction and go to a more suitable place to permit them to complete their development and then to reproduce.
A selection of links to press-releases, news-articles and documents about agriculture and landscape:
- How to alleviate soil compaction on farm land. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, July 16, 2020.
- How to alleviate soil compaction on farm land. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, July 16, 2020.
- Nematode has potential to reduce cotton yields by 50 percent. The American Phytopathological Society (APS), July 6, 2020.
- GPS isn’t just for road trips anymore. American Society of Agronomy, June 29, 2020.
- Holey Moley! Wet weather triggers mole activity. University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group, June 17, 2020.
- Downstream Countries Right to Information Claim on Filling Dam Baseless: Experts. Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) - Addis Ababa, May 30, 2020.
- Farmers fear famine as locust swarms destroy crops in Pakistan. Russia Today's page on Twitter, May 29, 2020.
- Uganda's coffee exports up 17 pct in 4 years. Xinhua News Agency (China), May 26, 2020.
- Freezing tolerance in blueberries. Koppert Biological Systems, May 6, 2020.
- CAFIA found harmful food supplement with anabolic steroids and further unauthorised substances. Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA), April 23, 2020.
- We must do all we can to help the agri-food sector. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, April 10, 2020.
- How drones can help farmers. American Society of Agronomy, March 23, 2020.
- FAO welcomes €17 million contribution from Germany to combat the impact of the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa. Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO), February 28, 2020.
- Tulips grow in winter, thanks to the summer sun. Wageningen University & Research, February 12, 2020.
- Traditional Chinese medicinal plant yields new insecticide compounds. American Chemical Society, January 29, 2020
- CAFIA detected 71 cases of non-compliant advertising of food in 2019 The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA), January 24, 2020.
- Protecting plants, protecting life: Canada celebrates 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, January 16, 2020.
- Purdue scientists develop way to track salmonella infection in real time. Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana (USA), January 7, 2020.
- Researchers reveal secret of Chinese medicinal herb. Wageningen University & Research, December 18, 2019.
- Towards faster cooking varieties of beans: ACIAR launches an innovative breeding project in East Africa. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), December 11, 2019.
- Woody Plants with Undesirable Tendencies. American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) - November 26, 2019.
- New material points toward highly efficient solar cells. Purdue University - West-Lafayette - Indiana (USA), November 12, 2019.
- African swine fever: early detection is key to controlling spread. European Food-Safety Authority, November 5, 2019.
- What is phytoremediation? Soil Science Society of America,October 15, 2019.
- A no-deal Brexit threatens the long-term sustainability of British agriculture. The Soil Association (UK), October 10, 2019.
