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Tag Archives: nematode
A new invader to eat rice plants?
The Non-Native Species Secretariat (NNSS) for Britain doesn’t list apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata and P. maculata) as invasive species, but perhaps it should. Apple snails are aquatic. They spread when there’s flooding, when they cling onto larger animals or onto … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, miniculture
Tagged alien species, America, apple snail, aquaculture, Asia, crop, data, farmer, flood, gastropod, heliculture, herbivore, invasive species, map, mollusc, nematode, parasite, parasite transmission, pest, pet, plant_monocot, rice, roundworm, snail, vector, waterway
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Wild deer carrying drug-resistant parasites between cattle and sheep farms
Animal Bytes is published freely by the British Society for Animal Science (BSAS). It’s there to let farmers and vets know what scientists are doing with funding from BSAS. Animal Bytes provides ‘short and incisive updates on topical themes and … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer
Tagged cattle, drug, drug resistance, evolution, fallow deer, farmer, knowledge, livestock, mammal, nematode, parasite, parasite transmission, red deer, research, roe deer, ruminant, sheep, sustainable, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife
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Climate change ‘driving spread of crop pests’
Rebecca Morelle at the BBC tells us about evidence that climate change is affecting crop pests. Crop pests are moving North in the Northern Hemisphere, South in the Southern Hemisphere. Many crop pests are insects and other arthropods. They’re quite … Continue reading
Posted in food, money and trade, weather and climate
Tagged alien species, arthropod, bacterium, beetle, climate, coleopteran, Colorado beetle, crop, evolution, farm, food, fungus, garden, insect, law, nematode, notifiable pest, oomycete, pest, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, trade, transport, viroid
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Establishing the Cause of Disease
Originally posted on Agriculture Information Bank:
The correct diagnosis of a plant disease and its cause is not always an easy task. In the first instance symptoms may be ill defined which make their association with any organism problematic (Derrick…
Posted in horticulture, human health
Tagged bacterium, disease, fungus, human, livestock, nematode, parasite, pathogen, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, technology, virus
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SOILS: The Hidden World Under Our Feet
Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
One of the most important threats to biodiversity has received little attention — though it lies just below us… From the NY Times Sunday special : THE world’s worrisome decline in biodiversity is well known. Some experts…
Posted in ecology
Tagged arachnid, arthropod, biodiversity, earthworm, ecosystem, extinction, fungus, invertebrate, mite, nematode, protozoan, research, soil, worm
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Living on the edge with Wolbachia
Originally posted on A bugly life:
The welfare of our planet and of the human species has become a major focus of many nations. One of the greatest challenges we face is food security. We are running out of space…
Posted in food, human health, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, bacterium, biological control, climate, disease, filariasis, food, insect, neglected disease, nematode, parasite, pest, pesticide, research, symbiosis, tropical disease, water, Wolbachia, worm
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Crop of the month: Carrot
The Moon was full four nights ago so I’m thinking about harvest. You can see other posts in this series by following my ‘harvest’ tag. This month, let’s admire the carrot. The British Carrot Growers Association (BCGA) promotes carrots (Daucus … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, horticulture, human health
Tagged biotechnology, carrot, crop, disease, food quality, fungus, garden, genetic modification, harvest, history, invertebrate, mammal, nematode, nutrition, pest, plant_dicot, rabbit, research, root, staple food, storage, taproot, umbellifer, vegetable, vertebrate, Vitamin A, winter, worm
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