Scientists have sequenced the Colorado potato beetle’s genome, probing its genes for clues to its surprising adaptability to new environments and insecticides. The new information sheds […]
Cultivated areas are more affected by viral epidemics than non-cultivated areas. Viruses prefer cultivated areas to natural areas Viruses prefer cultivated areas to natural areas pest-news […]
In a sneak attack, some pathogenic microbes manipulate plant hormones to gain access to their hosts undetected. Biologists have exposed one such interloper by characterizing the […]
Giardia parasites — responsible for one of the world’s most common gastric diseases — mimic human cell functions to break apart cells in the gut and […]
