The method involves introducing Gonatocerus ashmeadi, a microscopic parasitic wasp, into an ecosystem under siege from the glassy-winged sharpshooter. The tiny stingless wasp attacks glassy-winged sharpshooter eggs by drilling a tiny hole in the egg through which the parasite lays its own egg. The wasp larva that hatches from the egg then eats the [...]
How do you locate and track distributed assets within an extended service area? Kent County Council�s Commercial Services Operations Manager for Technical Services, Cliff Collins, believes he has found the answer with Unisto�s bar-coded plastic seals.
Kent County Council has successfully implemented an asset management programme for portable electrical appliances within council offices and other [...]
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) is best known, today highlighted the development of a LUMIX digital camera with wireless network connectivity, complete with integrated access to T-Mobile(R) HotSpot service and the ability to send photos directly to Picasa Web Albums(TM), a [...]
PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — The Home Depot(R), the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today reported fiscal 2007 third quarter consolidated net earnings of $1.1 billion, or $0.60 per diluted share, compared with $1.5 billion, or $0.73 per diluted share, in the same period in fiscal 2006.
Earnings from continuing operations in the fiscal 2007 [...]
The Home Depot Inc. has bought back 289.3 million share of its common stock for $10.7 billion in a Dutch Auction tender offer it had previously reported.
The Atlanta-based home improvement retailer (NYSE: HD) said the purchase represents 14.6 percent of outstanding shares as of Aug. 31.
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The Home Depot Inc. has sold its HD Supply segment for $10.3 billion to a group of private equity firms, including the Carlyle Group.
Atlanta-based Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said it will sell the unit to D.C.-based Carlyle Group, Clayton, Dubilier %26amp; Rice and Bain Capital. The deal is expected to close in [...]
Having mostly lurked outside of wheat fields for the past 45 years, the flies have recently undergone genetic changes that enable them to make major inroads into wheat fields once again.
It so happens that both the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Crop Production and Pest Control Research [...]
Fire ants cause millions of dollars in agricultural damage each year. Not only do they build large mounds that damage nearby plant roots and farm equipment, they also cause painful stings to animals and people.
ARS entomologists David Oi and Steven [...]
Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), have devised a fast, simple and affordable test kit for detecting the poison, which is known as aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that can easily grow on many crops including common [...]