Study shows environmental link to herbicide-resistant horseweed
Credit: Photo by John A. Schramski WESTMINSTER, Colorado - July 23, 2021 - Horseweed is a serious threat to both ...
Tag: Fertilizers/Pest Management
Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots
Credit: Temur Yunusov and Alfonso Timoneda Almost all crop plants form associations with a particular type of fungi - called ...
‘Backpacking’ hedgehogs take permanent staycation
Credit: University of Otago New University of Otago research has been examining how alpine-based hedgehogs hibernate from a different perspective ...
New PlantwisePlus program launched to help farmers produce more and higher quality food
PlantwisePlus will build on CABI's Plantwise and Action on Invasives programmes, which have already helped millions of farmers in over ...
Kelp for corn? Illinois scientists demystify natural products for crops
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Corn growers can choose from a wide array of products to make the ...
Study shows effectiveness of suppressing female fruit flies
Credit: Photos by Akihiko Yamamoto and Amarish Yadav, NC State University. Populations of Drosophila suzukii fruit flies - so-called "spotted-wing ...
Compost improves apple orchard sustainability
Credit: Greg Peck As the saying goes, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. But what's the key to ...
‘Unshackled’ palm-destroying beetles could soon invade Australia
Credit: The University of Queensland A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail, destroying home ...
Study effects paradigm shift in the understanding of how red rot attacks sugarcane
Researchers at the University of São Paulo discover that the fungus Fusarium verticillioides uses volatile compounds to manipulate insects and ...
Florida Python Hunters May Have a New Tool Thanks to Optics Research at UCF
Special small, mobile cameras help detect more snakes and could lead to an automated python tracker.Credit: University of Central Florida ...
New methods needed to boost success of Classical Biological Control to fight insect pests
The success of Classical Biological Control in the Western Paleartic ecozone is rarely dependent on the released biological control agent, ...
Beneficial arthropods find winter sanctuary in uncultivated field edges, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and ...
Beer byproduct mixed with manure proves an excellent pesticide
Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown to reduce numbers of root-knot nematodes and increase yields of ...
Pollen-sized technology protects bees from deadly insecticides
Credit: Nathan Reid ITHACA, N.Y. - A Cornell University-developed technology provides beekeepers, consumers and farmers with an antidote for deadly ...