Barcoding Insects as a Way to Track and Control Them

From:  pestnet@yahoogroups.com By Dennis O’Brien USDA April 30, 2012 Barcodes may bring to mind the sales tags and scanners found in supermarkets and other stores. But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using “DNA barcodes” to monitor insects that damage crops as diverse as wheat, barley and potatoes, and to make pest management decisions. [...]

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First International CSPP / IAPPS Symposium

First International CSPP / IAPPS Symposium   Current Challenges and Future Directions in Insect and Disease Management in Rice Production   Beijing, China, Oct. 24-26, 2012   (First Announcement)    Rice, a staple food for over half of the worlds’ population is a key to food security, social stability and the economy.  Today, in many [...]

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International Symposium- Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases, Morocco, Nov. 4-10, 2012

Welcome 11 octobre 2011 We will be pleased to meet you at the 3rd International Symposium on Biological Control of Plant Bacterial Diseases to be held in Agadir, Morocco, a well known tourist city. Please fill out the preliminary registration form and submit it as soon as possible (preferably before January 2012) to the Secretariat [...]

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Plant Resistance Sustainability 2012- International Conference, Nice France

16-19 october 2012 La Colle sur Loup (06) – France The main challenge currently facing agricultural research  i.e., to find efficient and sustainable ways to produce food for a growing population in a changing world, calls for extensive efforts and a cross-disciplinary approach. In this context, genetic resistance is a privileged approach to efficiently manage [...]

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MoFA launches new bio-agent for mealybugs

MoFA launches new bio-agent for mealybugs

MoFA launches new bio-agent for mealybugs

 

The Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate, of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has come out with a biological control agent to control mealy bugs affecting papaya plants.

The bio agent which is in a form of an insect feeds on the mealybugs and multiplies within a short period to all areas of the farm.

 

The Head of the Directorate, Versper Suglo, said the bio agent if applied effectively, will assist Ghana to regain its position as the fourth largest papaya exporter in the next two years.

Mr. Suglo was addressing Papaya farmers at Bawjiase in the Central region.

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Report of the twenty-seventh session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission

RAP PUBLICATION 2011/24 Report of the twenty-seventh session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission Download full report  317Kb 9.  Progress report on IPM in the region by the Chairperson of the APPPC Standing Committee on IPM regional project ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 36 Since the food crisis in 2008, countries in Asia and Pacific have undertaken [...]

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Louisiana State University AgCenter offers updated Pest Management Guides

The LSU AgCenter is offering three updated guides online or printed about managing pests, plant diseases and weeds. The guides – the 2012 Louisiana Insect Pest Management Guide, 2012 Louisiana Plant Disease Management Guide and 2012 Louisiana Suggested Weed Management Guide – can be purchased for $12 per printed copy or downloaded free of charge. [...]

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CropLife America and RISE Spring Conference

 CropLife America and RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) remind you to save the date for the 2012 Spring Conference, taking place April 5 – 6, 2012 in Arlington, VA. We’ll be discussing the most up-to-date science and regulatory issues impacting the crop protection and specialty pesticide industries.Our 2012 conference will delve into key fields such [...]

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New crop varieties can cut poverty, study finds

Bernard Appiah  3 January 2012 | EN The new groundnut varieties are resistant to major pests and diseases Flickr/SwathiSridharan The thorny question of whether improved crop varieties do, in fact, lift peasant farmers out of poverty has been answered positively in a study of groundnut varieties, according to researchers at the International Maize and Wheat [...]

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Scientists ramp up sequencing of rice varieties

http://www.scidev.net/en/ Wednesday, 4 January 2012 Scientists ramp up sequencing of rice varieties Roderick dela Cruz  20 December 2011 | EN | 中文 Rice: eaten by over half the world’s population Flickr/ IRRI Images [MANILA] The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has launched an ambitious collaborative effort to sequence the genomes of 10,000 rice varieties in [...]

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