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Five-year, $1M project includes improving tools and methods for mass-rearing, sterilization and release of flies.
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Five-year, $1M project includes improving tools and methods for mass-rearing, sterilization and release of flies.
Availability of recommendations for use of fly control options expanded to Texas and Florida to help animal owners fight screwworm.
Lacewings love to eat the aphids that apple growers want to keep in check in organic orchards. That part sounds simple, but figuring out how to use commercially reared lacewings [...
The USDA's Agricultural Research Service opened the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, a facility dedicated to developing pest control technologies for t...
John Bellinger will help further drive effort to explore all available technologies to combat the pest.
In an effort to combat the threat of flesh-eating parasitic flies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has turned to a surprising solution: sterile flies. On June 27, the...
Agragene and NC State partner on $300K grant to test use of CRISPR technology to produce sterile, virile male flies.
State-of-the-art Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Lab will focus on fly and tick pests threatening cattle industry.
Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited capacity to produce them.
Growers and pest consultants who want to learn more about using lacewings for biological control can attend field days scheduled June 24 and 25 in Washington apple orchards. The fi...
Some agricultural bodies are betting big on the sterile insect technique (SIT) to tackle pests, especially in the fight against screwworm flies. For instance, on Tuesday (July 7) t...
Whitefly remains a persistent challenge in many crops in the Netherlands. Beyond the direct feeding damage they cause, whiteflies can also transmit various plant viruses, making ea...
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller contends that the USDA’s response to the screwworm’s arrival in the USA relies too heavily on an “ineffective approach.”
New $21 million facility aims to produce millions of sterile flies to stop the spread of flesh-eating livestock parasite.
Fly control is critical to food safety. Orkin Commercial's IPM programs help food processing facilities address moisture, organic buildup, and access points before they create cont...
New $21 million facility aims to produce millions of sterile flies to stop the spread of flesh-eating livestock parasite.
Texas lawmakers heard competing approaches Thursday for how to combat the New World screwworm, as federal officials defended the U.S. Department of Agriculture's current eradicatio...
The Bug Air Facts Journal An insect in the cockpit should be a minor distraction. Unless you're flying with Piet, a pilot whose war against creepy-crawlies would leave a Comanche f...
Officials are increasing trapping efforts, establishing quarantine zones and releasing millions of sterile flies after New World screwworm was confirmed in South Texas.
New $21 million facility aims to produce millions of sterile flies to stop the spread of flesh-eating livestock parasite.
"Thrips can cause significant damage and yield losses either by direct damage, such as feeding marks on the crop, or by indirect damage through acting as a virus vector, spreading...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture selects Texas cattleman, food industry entrepreneur to drive response The post Texas A&M Regent John Bellinger to lead fight against New World sc...
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