News articles tagged with 'mite'
Genetic code of first arachnid cracked
— 28 Nov 2011 19:26 | BiologyAn international team of scientists - including Ghent VIB scientists - has succeeded in deciphering the genome of the spider mite. This is also the first known genome of an arachnid.…
Allergy vaccine is nothing to sneeze at
— 28 Mar 2011 16:27 | HealthMonash University researchers are working on a vaccine that could completely cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies…
Mating mites trapped in amber reveal sex role reversal
— 1 Mar 2011 17:48 | BiologyIn the mating game, some female mites are mightier than their mates, new research at the University of Michigan and the Russian Academy of Sciences suggests. The evidence comes, in…
Scary chupacabras monster is as much victim as villain
— 23 Oct 2010 18:14 | BiologyAs Halloween approaches, tales of monsters and creepy crawlies abound. Among the most fearsome is the legendary beast known as the chupacabras…
MSU research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite
— 10 Dec 2009 08:15 | BiologyGround-breaking discoveries by Michigan State University researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies…
Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress
— 26 Nov 2009 09:42 | BiologyWhen spider mites attack a bean plant, the plant responds by producing odours which attract predatory mites. These predatory mites then exterminate the spider mite population, thus…
Spider mite predators serve as biological control
— 3 Nov 2009 10:38 | BiologyThe control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled…
Mites on hissing coackroach may benefit humans with allergies
— 2 May 2009 18:29 | HealthTiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of moulds on the cockroaches' bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses…
Live-in domestics: Mites as maids in tropical rainforest sweat bee nests
— 21 Apr 2009 12:08 | EnvironmentMites not only inhabit the dust bunnies under the bed, they also occupy the nests of tropical sweat bees where they keep fungi in check. Bees and their young are healthier when mites…
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…