Growers must choose among an increasing number of cultivars and an increasingly diverse spectrum of pest management options linked to the cultivars. In recent years, the number of different transgenic cotton production options that a grower may purchase has outpaced the capacity of the official cultivar trials (OCTs) to adequately evaluate their economic value.
First, large [...]
A team of K-State researchers found that by using technology to silence a gene in the salivary glands of pea aphids, the insect%26rsquo;s lifespan was cut by more than 50 percent.
%26ldquo;What we found is that when we silenced the most abundant transcript (gene), the aphids died in a few days,%26rdquo; said K-State professor of entomology [...]
The traditional method has been to release multiple agents into the environment and overwhelm the pest, said Davis. But with multiple introductions comes an increased likelihood that one of the agents will become invasive as well. So, what we’re trying to do is to figure out which one is the most likely to actually have [...]
Bt-resistant populations of bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, were found in more than a dozen crop fields in Mississippi and Arkansas between 2003 and 2006.
What we’re seeing is evolution in action, said lead researcher Bruce Tabashnik. This is the first documented case of field-evolved resistance to a Bt crop.
Bt crops are so named because they have been [...]
%26bull; Clark to announce graffiti crackdown
Whats the best way to clampdown on tagging? Email your feedback to editorial@stuff.co.nz
The main problem with taggers, is their complete lack of respect for the people who own the property being tagged. How about, if you catch the little snots tagging, take a spray can to the things they hold [...]
The problems of the past weekend were the last straw for a group of residents, who have decided %26quot;enough is enough and have pushed the North Canterbury Neighbourhood Support Network to call a public meeting on the issue.
As well, the group of residents has a meeting arranged with Waimakariri District mayor Ron Keating _ they [...]
The fire started shortly before midnight yesterday at the derelict freezing works which contains a large amount of asbestos.
Police, Fire and Civil Defence officials met this early this morning and made the call to evacuate those close to the blaze.
%26quot;Asbestos is a highly toxic substance depending on what type it is. Usually in freezing works, [...]
Its actually a festival more than 1000 years old, for martyred Saint Valentine, which has somehow evolved into a modern celebration of love.
It%26lsquo;s true, some blokes act like martyrs when the day comes around, moaning about the pressure. They don %26lsquo;t know what to get. The worst of them, paralysed by fear, do absolutely nothing.
Other [...]
%26quot;Production has continued as normal,%26quot; Oil Minister Emmanuel Nadingar said on Monday amid burned papers and broken furniture at his ministry building, which was looted following the February 2-3 assault on NDjamena by eastern rebels.
Prospecting by Chinas state oil company CNPC in the Bongor Basin southeast of NDjamena had been disrupted since expatriate workers fled [...]