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Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As ocean predators comb the waters in search of a food source, they often seek out dense groups of prey to maximize their hunting efforts, according to a new study in the open access journal PLOS ONE. A team of American and Canadian biologists began their study by trying to find out where three different Bering Sea predators – northern fur seals and two different sea birds, black-legged kittiwakes and thick-billed murres – spent...
Pest Management Sales Expert Enriches Executive Team Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) January 03, 2013 Terramera, a pioneer in developing effective biopesticide products for pest management, announced another key addition to its Executive Team, Dave Buzzelli as VP of Sales. Mr. Buzzelli brings over three decades of rolling out sales of innovative products in pest management. He’s held senior sales roles with key industry players like BASF, DuPont, Residex, Agrevo, and Bayer. Dave was responsible...
Greenix Pest Control has been honored with the Suepr Service Award from Angie's List because of their great service. Learn what makes Greenix Pest Control a superior green pest control business. Dublin, Ohio (PRWEB) December 31, 2012 Greenix Pest Control is a green pest control company based out of the greater Columbus, Ohio area that has recently won the Super Service Award from Angie's List. Angie's List is an extremely popular website that reviews business' services...
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology to Gather in San Francisco in January 3-7, 2013 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), one of the oldest and most prestigious interdisciplinary biological organizations, will hold its annual meeting at the Hilton San Francisco, Union Square, in San Francisco, CA, from January 3 to 7, 2013. More than 1,500 scientists will present the latest research on animal...
Pensoft Publishers With the purpose of developing new biological methods to control one of the major pests affecting the southwest Europe pine stands, a joint collaboration lead by the Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal (R. Petersen-Silva, P. Naves, E. Sousa), together with the Universidad de Barcelona, Spain (J. Pujade-Villar) and a member of the Museum and Institute of Zoology from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, (S. Belokobylskij) initiated a...
Othos Pest Management in Asheboro, North Carolina, announces that it will be opening a new location in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Othos Pest Management will be immediately providing quality pest control services to both residential and commercial customers in the Pinehurst area. Asheboro, NC (PRWEB) December 06, 2012 For over 36 years, Othos Pest Management in Asheboro, North Carolina has provided dependable pest control services. Now, the company announces that it has expanded its...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Night-time satellite images of Earth show that every continent except Antarctica is ringed in a halo of brightly-lit human development, illustrating the fact that coasts and estuaries are among the most rapidly developing areas on the planet. Coasts are key wildlife sites as well. For example, every year millions of Arctic waterbirds arrive to winter on the UK coastlines. Scientists remain largely in the dark, however, about...
When herbivores such as caterpillars feed, plants may "call for help" by emitting volatiles, which can indirectly help defend the plants. The volatiles recruit parasitoids that infect, consume and kill the herbivores, to the benefit of the plant. However, such induced plant odors can also be detected by other organisms. A new study published November 27 in the open access journal PLOS Biology shows how secondary parasitoids ('hyperparasitoids') can take advantage of these plant signals to...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online When scientists first discovered fossils of the Eocene bird Diatryma in the mid 19th century, they portrayed the 7-foot avian as a fierce predator, which caught on with science writers and popular culture. However, a recent discovery has suggested that this flightless giant was a gentle herbivore and not a flesh-eating terror as previously suggested. According to a report in the journal Paleontology, a set of 50...
DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. a leading global provider of biopesticides for agriculture and water applications, announced today that its groundbreaking Grandevo(®) bioinsecticide has been recognized by Agrow as "Best New Biopesticide" for 2012. The prestigious Agrow Awards honor corporate and individual excellence in the crop protection and production industry. "We are honored that Agrow recognized our commercialization of Grandevo as...
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Image Caption: Painter of the burial chamber of Sennedjem. A Plowing Farmer. Credit: Yorck Project/Wikipedia Cover crops are crops that are planted to improve the quality of the soil, also known as green manure. Cover crops add fertility to the soil, control weeds and pests as well as control diseases that can be otherwise found in untreated soil. Cover crops increases the organic matter levels in the soil which only enhances the structure of the soil as well as increase the capacity for...
PHOTO CAPTION: The common asparagus beetle Crioceris asparagi is an important pest of asparagus crops. Photo by Keith Edkins 2003 The Common Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi) is an chief pest of Asparagus crops both in Europe and in North America; asparagus is its only food plant. The adult beetles and the larvae strip the needle-like leaves off the asparagus fronds which deprives the plants of the ability to build food reserves for future years. They also damage the shoots, thereby...
PHOTO CAPTION: Eriothrix rufomaculata (Photo taken by Keith Edkins) The tachinid flies (family Tachinidae) are by far the largest and most important group of insect parasitic flies, with over 1300 species in North America. It is a diverse group with some resembling drab houseflies and others brilliantly colored. All species are parasitic in the larval stage, and many are important natural enemies of major pests. Many species of tachinids have been introduced into North America from...
Flower-flies (also known as hover-flies) are a family of flies (Diptera), with the scientific name of "Syrphidae". As their names suggests, they are most often seen around flowers. The adults feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In certain species, the larvae are saprophytes, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In others, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other...
The Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) is a beetle about 0.6 inches (1.5 cm) long and 0.4 inches (1 cm) wide (smaller in Canada), with shiny copper-colored elytra and a shiny green top of the thorax and head. Although it is not very destructive in Japan, where it is controlled by natural enemies, in America it is a serious pest to rose bushes and other plants. It is a weak flyer and drops several centimeters when it hits a wall. Japanese Beetle traps therefore consist of a pair of crossed...
