Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |

New pests hit Bt cotton: Govt lab (rediff.com)

Mar 8, 2010 - The Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), the cotton research institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, has contested Monsanto's claim that the pink bollworm, a pest that feeds on cotton, has developed resistance to its Bollgard cotton.

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Maine bill would ban importation of firewood (WBZ News Radio Boston)

Mar 7, 2010 - Campers headed to Maine from other states wouldn't be allowed to bring their own firewood under a proposed law headed toward passage in the state Legislature. Lawmakers want to protect Maine from destructive bugs that have wiped out huge swaths of trees in other states. The insects can enter the state through infested firewood.

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Protecting tulips from pests and diseases (Daily Telegraph)

Mar 7, 2010 - Sarah Raven's tips on protecting your tulips from grey squirrels and tulip fire. in good repair.

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Zoo conducts experiment on preserving Va. state bat (Washington Post)

Mar 7, 2010 - From the outset, the National Zoo said, it knew it was risky to work with the Virginia big-eared bat, the odd-looking winged creature that happens to be Virginia's state bat.

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Tough plants are required in the war against pests (Akron Beacon Journal)

Mar 6, 2010 - Resistant varieties need less chemical defense Invasive pests, diseases present serious threats

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Try these options to save hemlocks from Asian insects (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Mar 6, 2010 - Q. I live in Indiana Township and have hemlocks on my property. I understand that hemlock woolly adelgid has been found at Hartwood Acres. Should I have my trees treated? A.

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Insects useful but also a threat to world's food resources (New Kerala)

Mar 6, 2010 - Ludhiana, Mar 6 : The dominance of insects in the world fauna has made them the humanity's greatest rival in the world's food resources, both directly by eating the food plants and indirectly by acting as vectors of certain diseases.

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Poison confirmed in death of fourth Spokane-area dog (KOMO Seattle)

Mar 6, 2010 - A veterinarian has confirmed that a dog that died earlier this week in Spokane's South Hill neighborhood was killed by a fast-acting poison used in pest control.

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Bedbugs continue to be big pests in Allston and Brighton (Allston-Brighton Tab)

Mar 5, 2010 - Neighborhoods in Boston, including Allston and Brighton, have reported a surge in bedbug complaints, especially as the parasites have become more prevalent in large cities across the U.S. in recent years.

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Shasta vector control district conducting tick survey (The Record Searchlight)

Mar 5, 2010 - Bloodsucking creatures are lurking around Shasta County, hanging on a grass blade or twig near some of the most popular trails.Ticks. Their name alone can make a person cringe, thinking of the unsavory chore of plucking one off his or her body or off a pet. And the little insects also can harbor disease.While the county is known tick country, there haven't been many surveys over the years to see ...

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Warm weather brings mice into homes (KREM.com Spokane)

Mar 4, 2010 - SPOKANE-- Our mild weather is creating a pesky problem. It is good news for rodents and pest control companies but not necessarily for the rest. Exterminators are seeing more business these days which critters are causing the problems.  Normally when winter hits the Inland Northwest, the weather freezes household pests and the ground they live in. That hasn’t happened this season, so the pets ...

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Pests infest West End (Straits Times)

Mar 4, 2010 - LONDON - PERFORMERS in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new survey by actors' union Equity. 'The findings have shocked even hardened West Enders,' the union said in its report, which found that three quarters of actors and stage managers reported regular infestations including ...

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New way found to control mosquitoes (UPI)

Mar 4, 2010 - ITHACA, N.Y., March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered a protein that might lead to the development of insecticides that can disrupt a mosquito's renal system.

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Termites in "Swarm Season" (WJHG Panama City)

Mar 4, 2010 - Almost everyone is looking forward to the warmer weather. But March also brings "Swarm Season" when termites show up. Termites cause about $5 billion dollars of damage each year in the U.S., and the insects hit the southeast region the hardest.

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Mites are main culprit in death of bees, study concludes (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)

Mar 4, 2010 - The varroa mite is emerging as the leading culprit in the death of honey-producing insects in Ontario, say researchers who were as busy as bees for three seasons gathering data from more than 400 colonies.

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Like Bears, Mosquitoes Fatten Up For Winter (NPR)

Mar 4, 2010 - To conserve energy and beat the cold, female mosquitoes gain up to 10 times their warm-weather weight. Other insects, like the flightless midge in Antarctica, have found ways to adapt to severe dehydration and can even survive being frozen solid.

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Farmers blamed in Thai rice pest invasion (SciDev.net)

Mar 3, 2010 - [BANGKOK] Thai farmers keen to exploit high rice prices have made an outbreak of a devastating pest worse by overplanting and using too much pesticide, according to ecologists.

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Spanish hotels under attack from bed bugs (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Mar 3, 2010 - Authorities in Madrid have declared war on a growing and formidable enemy -- bed bugs that are infesting hotel rooms throughout the country at an alarming rate.

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Wyoming braces for possible grasshopper outbreak (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Mar 3, 2010 - Wyoming faces the likelihood of a grasshopper outbreak this summer, which would strain the ability of landowners, county districts and governments to pay for combating the destructive insects, pest control officials said Tuesday.

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