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Study determines optimum height for drones to fly and target desert locusts with biopesticide
April 5, 2023
A study, led by the first winner of the inaugural Carol Ellison Science Award 2021, has determined the optimum height for a drone to fly and target desert locusts with biopesticides in order for it be most effective as a tool to fight the devastating crop pest. Violet Ochieng, of…
CABI Distribution Database contributes to synoptic review of plant disease epidemics and outbreaks
April 3, 2023
The CABI Distribution Database – which holds over a million geographic records of living organisms – contributed to a synoptic review of plant disease epidemics and outbreaks in 2021 as part of new research published in the journal Phytopathology. CABI data analysts Dr Hannah Fielder, Tim Beale, and Dr Anna…
CABI works in partnership to step up fight against pests and diseases of papaya in Uganda
March 22, 2023
CABI is working in partnership with the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to step up the fight against pests and diseases of papaya in Uganda. As part of the ‘Protecting Biodiversity through Biocontrol of Papaya Mealybug in East Africa’ project,…
CABI BioProtection Portal launched to help fight crop pests and diseases more sustainably in Tanzania
March 21, 2023
CABI’s ground-breaking bioprotection resource, the CABI BioProtection Portal, has now been launched in Tanzania to give growers and advisors the information they need to help fight crop pests and diseases more sustainably. The CABI BioProtection Portal is an open access, digital tool that enables users to find registered biopesticide and…
New binary toxins found in fight against devastating western corn rootworm pest
March 14, 2023
After having 340 novel proteins from over 2,600 bacterial strains screened for insecticidal properties, scientists believe they have finally found a new effective toxin against the devastating western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) pest. Dr Stefan Toepfer and Wayne Coles reports. A consortium of seven French science institutions and companies,…
Eiphosoma laphygmae likely to be best classical biological control against devastating fall armyworm pest
March 9, 2023
A review, conducted by CABI scientist Dr Marc Kenis suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating fall armyworm pest. Dr Kenis, Head of Risk Analysis and Invasion Ecology based at CABI’s Swiss centre in Delémont, evaluated…
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