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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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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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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Papaya Mealybug on the Move: Now in Pakistan

The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus has been on the move since it was found in Mexico in the 1955 but described in 1992. It has spread to the Caribbean, Florida, and South America, in the 1990s; Pacific in the early 2000; and it was found in Indonesia and Sri Lanka (2007), India (2008), Bangladesh (2009), [...]

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International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants (IOBC) at  http://www.iobc-global.org/  for News and Information on Global Biological Control Activities

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