…light on the current decline of the bee population. Sandra Rehan, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of New Hampshire, and a team of researchers including Michael…
Effects of Drought for Forests and Rangelands
…rangelands, land and water resources, human health and welfare, and biological diversity. Together these serve as key, science-based, resources for anyone working to maintain or improve public and private lands…
Management Tool Lets Growers Get Specific
…form and you can look and see which of the alternative cultural biological controls work against the individual pest, as the same with the insecticide choices so all of those…
Citrus Industry This Week: Combat Psyllids with Biological Control
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes an interview with Jawwad Qureshi discussing biological control of psyllids. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe. Click here to subscribe…
Alyssum Attracts Good and Bad Insects
Courtesy : Surendra Dara Some growers use sweet alyssum to promote biological defenses but a new dangerous agriculture pest to California is also showing to be attracted to the plant….
Almond Board: Winter Sanitation in Almonds
…NOW moth flights In-season control of NOW with insecticides or biological control agents Prompt harvest before a third generation of NOW develops In addition to navel orangeworm, almonds are subject…
Agri View: Drones-Technology Driven
…for crop-dusting. “A vehicle like this gives you a way to get in and get out and get that treatment done,” said Ken Giles, a professor of biological and agricultural…
Agri View: South American Leaf Miner
…of biological factors are still largely under development and not ready to combat this pest effectively and in a cost effective way. Sex pheromone trap is using as an early…
Viewing HLB Prevention as Insurance Policy
…frequent testing of psyllids and leaf samples for the presence of the pathogen. Results are being used to delimit quarantine zones, guide releases of biological control agents, and prioritize areas…
USDA Announces $3.4 Million in Funding Available Through International Wheat Partnership Research Program
…IWYP include the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom (BBSRC); Grains Research and Development Corporation of Australia (GRDC); Department of Biotechnology of India (DBT), from Mexico,…
Agri View: GMO Where?
…mitochondrial DNA) was born on July 21, 1997.[3] Uses: GMOs are used in biological and medical research, production of pharmaceutical drugs,[17] experimental medicine (e.g. gene therapy), and agriculture (e.g. golden…
California Citrus Mutual Donates $25,000 Biological Control Research
…sciences department at Cal Poly Pomona for research on Tamarixia radiate, a biological control agent for the Asian citrus psyllid. The Asian citrus psyllid is an invasive insect known to…
NRCS Handbook to Support Conservation on Organic Farms
…Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service, National Center for Appropriate Technology, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Northwest Center for Alternative to Pesticides, Oregon Tilth, Virginia Biological Farming Association and Wild Farm…
Western View: Plants Communicate
…Division of Biological Sciences. They placed caterpillars on a rockcress, a small flowering plant that is related to cabbage and mustard. With a special laser-powered microphone and a reflector they…