Tag Archives: emerging disease

Image of the Week: Varroa Parasitic Mite

Posted on April 21, 2014 by argylesock

argylesock says… Varroa mites are bad news for bees. This is the third of three articles about pollinators, from the Wellcome Trust blog, which I’m passing on today.

Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, miniculture | Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, conservation, crop, disease, emerging disease, farmer, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, mite, parasite, pesticide, plant_dicot, pollination, research, Varroa destructor | Leave a comment

Feature: Protecting the pollinators part 2 – bees and disease

Posted on April 21, 2014 by argylesock

argylesock says… Here’s the second of three articles about pollinators, from the Wellcome Trust blog, which I’m passing on today.

Posted in agriculture, ecology, miniculture | Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, bacterium, bumblebee, conservation, data, deformed wing virus, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, emerging disease, fungus, habitat loss, honeybee, hoverfly, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, mite, miticide, Nosema ceranae, parasite, pesticide, pollination, research, scientist, Varroa destructor, Varroa destructor virus-1, vector, virus | Leave a comment

New early warning system to protect trees

Posted on September 20, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Green Living London:
Tree health experts have secured nearly a million pounds of EU funding over four years to develop the LIFE+ ObservaTREE, an early warning system of pest and disease threats to the UK’s trees. Led by…

Posted in ecology, knowledge transfer | Tagged data, disease, emerging disease, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, research, tree | Leave a comment

Irradiated seeds combat world’s most serious wheat disease

Posted on September 16, 2013 by argylesock

Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a staple food in many parts of the world. You can follow my ‘wheat’ tag for more about this crop. Now there are two new varieties to resist a devastating wheat disease. If you’re growing wheat, … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged biotechnology, breeding, crop, crop variety, disease, disease resistance, emerging disease, evolution, farmer, food, fungus, genetic modification, grain, local variety, mutagenesis, mutation breeding, pathogen, plant_monocot, poverty, research, selective breeding, staple food, trade, Twitter, wheat | Leave a comment

Jumping species: how good intentions spread diseases

Posted on September 2, 2013 by argylesock

Ian Le Guillou at Understanding Animal Research (UAR) tells us how infectious diseases jump between species. These jumps often happen because of things that humans do. Sometimes, the disease jumps to us. Diseases that can infect humans and also other … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology, human health, knowledge transfer | Tagged alien species, amphibian, apicomplexan, arthropod, bacterium, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, crop, disease, emerging disease, fungus, human, lab animal, laboratory, mammal, naturalised species, parasite, pathogen, pest, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii, tree, vertebrate, zoonosis | 5 Comments

Facebook game Fraxinus targeted at beating ash dieback

Posted on August 31, 2013 by argylesock

If you use Facebook you could help with research into ash dieback disease. Yes really, anybody online can do this. Crowdsourcing is a new way of doing science, to me, but here are people who believe it can work. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology | Tagged ash, ash dieback disease, Chalara fraxinea, data, disease, DNA, emerging disease, Europe, fungus, genome, pathogen, plant_dicot, research, technology, tree | 3 Comments

Vaccination is happening against a virus which deforms lambs and calves

Posted on June 15, 2013 by argylesock

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is a Government agency here in Britain. It’s part of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Among other tasks, VMD approves new veterinary drugs and vaccines. Farming eyes have been on VMD … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer | Tagged arthropod, cattle, deer, deformity, dipteran, disease, emerging disease, goat, insect, livestock, mammal, midge, ruminant, Schmallenberg virus, sheep, vaccine, vector, vertebrate, veterinary, virus | 6 Comments

Arctic melt spurs global spread of disease

Posted on June 11, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… Infectious diseases can devastate people, livestock and wildlife. As climates change, some pathogens and parasites are turning up in places they previously weren’t.

Posted in ecology, human health, weather and climate | Tagged bacterium, climate, disease, emerging disease, history, human, livestock, parasite, sea, temperature, veterinary, virus, wildlife, zoonosis | Leave a comment

Summer time is when to spot diseases such as ash dieback

Posted on June 4, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… Summer has arrived here in Britain. If you can go outside, please do. If you see any trees which might be diseased or ancient I hope you’ll report them to the Woodland Trust. As this article explains, ash … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology | Tagged ancient tree, ash, ash dieback disease, Chalara fraxinea, data, disease, emerging disease, Europe, plant_dicot, tree | Leave a comment

Establishing UK tree seed bank ‘crucial’

Posted on May 12, 2013 by argylesock

Here in Britain, we have a wonderful diversity of native and introduced trees. And we have emerging diseases which threaten our trees, including the dreaded ash dieback. So of course, we have a National Tree Seed Bank to conserve tree … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology, horticulture | Tagged alien species, arboriculture, biodiversity, conservation, disease, emerging disease, Europe, garden, genebank, genetic diversity, native species, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, research, seed, seedbank, tree | 4 Comments