News articles tagged with 'entomology'
K-State researchers find gene-silencing nanoparticles may put end to pesky summer pest
— 20 Jul 2010 11:50 | BiologySummer just wouldn't be complete without mosquitoes nipping at exposed skin. Or would it?…
Of lice and man: Researchers sequence human body louse genome
— 22 Jun 2010 09:53 | BiologyLike an unwelcome houseguest or itinerant squatter, the human body louse shows up when times are bad and always makes them worse. Now a multi-institutional team reports that it has…
Virus pulls bait and switch on insect vectors
— 2 Feb 2010 12:37 | BiologyA common plant virus lures aphids to infected plants by making the plants more attractive, but when the insects taste the plant, they quickly leave for tastier, healthier ones. In the…
Biofuel crop diversity adds value, Michigan State researchers say
— 26 Jan 2010 12:55 | BiologyDiverse biofuel plantings such as native prairie attract more beneficial insects than do single crops such as corn, Michigan State University scientists find. Therefore, biofuel policies…
Genomic study yields plausible cause of colony collapse disorder
— 25 Aug 2009 13:39 | BiologyResearchers report this week that they have found a surprising but reliable marker of colony collapse disorder, a baffling malady that in 2007-2008 killed off more than a third of commercial…
New York's ash trees threatened by newly found beetle
— 19 Jun 2009 09:11 | EnvironmentFor the first time, Cornell researchers have reported the sighting of the emerald ash borer - an ash-destroying beetle - in New York state…
'Natural' nitrogen-fixing bacteria protect soybeans from aphids
— 15 Apr 2009 13:20 | EnvironmentAn invasion of soybean aphids poses a problem for soybean farmers requiring application of pesticides, but a team of Penn State entomologists thinks a careful choice of nitrogen-fixing…
Evolution-proof insecticides may stall malaria forever
— 7 Apr 2009 13:28 | HealthKilling just the older mosquitoes would be a more sustainable way of controlling malaria, according to entomologists who add that the approach may lead to evolution-proof insecticides…
Wheat curl mite might require non-chemical control
— 1 Apr 2009 13:38 | EnvironmentThe wheat curl mite is a minute menace that wreaks havoc on the region's wheat crop; but it has no enemies currently that can take it out. That doesn't mean Texas AgriLife Research…
Invasive papaya pest discovered in Asia
— 9 Oct 2008 07:46 | BiologyThanks to efforts by scientists in a Virginia Tech-led program, the papaya mealybug - an emerging threat from India to Indonesia - is being identified and contained. Attacks by the…