Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm crops
Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that ...
Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken and kill major crop pest
The corn earworm causes the loss of more than 76,000 bushels of corn in the United States annually, and there is mounting evidence that increasingly extreme weather events and temperatures will ...
Garden Q&A: How do I avoid planting invasive species?
A gardener may find it hard to predict weediness, especially when looking at an immature plant confined to a container at a ...
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$10 million Good Neighbours Program to tackle pest and weeds across NSW
The Minns Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to tackle pest and weed infestations between neighbouring public and private lands across the state through its $10 million ...
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Invasive pest discovered at Calexico Port of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists (CBPAS) assigned to the Calexico cargo facility intercepted a rare ...
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All About Invasives: How to Identify Them and What to Do to Help Curb Their Spread
This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you ...
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Rare pest Campiglossa peregrina discovered within lettuce leaves last month at the Calexico cargo facility
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists (CBPAS) assigned to the Calexico cargo facility intercepted a rare ...
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$10M Good Neighbours Plan Targets NSW Pests, Weeds
The Minns Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to tackle pest and weed infestations between neighbouring public and private lands ...
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Rare pest found in lettuce shipment at California border—a US first
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists discovered a rare insect in a lettuce shipment at the ...
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GARDENING IN CNY: Learn more during National Invasive Species Week
This year’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) is Feb. 24-28. Invasive species are plants, animals, and pathogens that are not native to our ecosystem and whose introduction causes econo ...
Expert Warns These 4 Very Invasive Garden Species Will Be Everywhere This Summer
An expert entomologist warns homeowners against four invasive bug species that are on the rise for summer 2025. Plus, we tell ...
What’s worse than a murder hornet? New insect species is a danger to bees & the GA economy
A dangerous new hornet is posing a significant threat to the honeybee population in Georgia, which can mean big trouble for ...