Article Department: Scientific Findings

In a study published in Microbiome, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators investigated the […]

France-based Micropep, a company developing natural crop protection solutions based on the potential of micropeptides, recently published the discovery of a novel peptide-based approach for […]

A team of New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) scientists comprised of University of New Hampshire (UNH) faculty and alumni published research in Environmental Entomology […]

The tomato leafminer is one of the most important phytosanitary problems of tomato cultivation worldwide. To address the leafminer challenge, an operational group coordinated by […]

A team of scientists led by the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode, have discovered a new species of insect pathogenic fungus with potential […]

Researchers from Haryana Agricultural University in India conducted a study on indigenous T. asperellum FbMi6 strain under in vitro and in vivo conditions in okra, […]

The Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association (New York state, US) released a new insect to tackle an invasive forest species that has been negatively impacting the […]

Over 300 hectares of tomato farmlands have been destroyed by Tuta absoluta in Kano State, Nigeria. The country’s government stated the disease had ravaged the […]

The Canadian government has announced federal support for a genomics project led by a Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) biologist, which aims to combat infestations […]

A liquid biopesticide and biofertilizer production unit and micronutrient mixture production unit was opened in Eriodu near Dindigul, India. The units, located on the premises […]

The impact of the fall armyworm (FAW) pest on maize crops and communities in Sub-Saharan Africa were worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new […]

A University of Cordoba study shows that the FO12 strain of the Fusarium oxysporum fungus improves cucumber plants' responses to iron deficiencies, promoting their growth […]

Using RNA interference technology, a new bioinsecticide that suppresses elimination of a damaged protein in Colorado potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) has been developed. Graduate student […]

A study has determined the optimum height for a drone to fly and target desert locusts with biopesticides in order for it be most effective […]

Amoéba, a company developing a biocontrol agent for the treatment of plants in agriculture, announces that, in the framework of a material transfer agreement, Nissan […]

A study of spotted lanternflies is being conducted inside Pennsylvania’s Lafayette College LaFarm’s newest greenhouse. Spotted lanternfly (SLF; Lycorma delicatula), an invasive planthopper native to […]

Rhodes University BSc alumnus, Nkululeko Ngqinambi, has produced a biofertilizer to help lower production costs for farmers who have been battling high fertilizer prices. He […]

Scientists are exploring the use of Cyrtophora citricola as a biological control agent against the tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta). In the recent scientific paper “Group-Living […]

Jose Lozano Torres (Wageningen University & Research) and Rik Korswagen (Hubrecht Institute and Utrecht University) have received a NWO Open Technology Programme grant for their […]

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is helping a large international company find nature's own substances to combat fungal diseases in crops. The university's large collection […]

A new study led by scientists from the Chinese MARA-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety suggests greater awareness of biopesticide market availability, efficacy, and field application […]

New research, led by the University of Portsmouth (UK), suggests that web-building groups of spiders can eat tomato leafminer moth (Tuta absoluta), helping control these […]

Biopesticides should be preferred to fight the fall armyworm (FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda) pest instead of more harmful chemical pesticides, a new CABI-led study published in […]

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and Australia water company, Seqwater, are using a tiny defender – a weevil smaller than a grain of rice – […]

Postharvest kiwifruit is susceptible to various fungal pathogens, especially soft rot, and researchers are conducting studies on safe and effective biocontrol agents. To date, several […]

The US Department of Agriculture has awarded Florida International University (FIU) scientists $500,000 to investigate natural compounds that could suppress or even eliminate the bacteria […]

Biologists with the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the University of Toronto, are leading a North American […]

A new study has analyzed the potential of a bacterium for biological control of the fungus Hemileia vastatrix, which causes coffee rust, a major challenge […]

Freezing the soil is an effective tool for controlling the Mediterranean Tapinoma nigerrimum ant species, which causes serious problems in and around homes in more […]

Since 2018, water hyacinth plant hoppers (Megamelus scutellaris) have made headway through the floating carpet of the invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) that has clogged […]

A new study published by researchers from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil has shown that plant microbiomes in the Campos Rupestres (rupestrian […]

A new information portal called Cocopest has been launched to help in the fight against pests and diseases of coconut – a crop that in […]

CABI’s Dr. Richard Shaw, senior regional director, Europe and the Americas, is among a group of international scientists who have published research in the Journal of […]

A study published in the Dec. 6 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may have new biocontrol implications regarding the use of mycovirus (fungal […]

A naturally occurring virus co-discovered by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists may offer a way to undermine Fusarium graminearum, the chief […]

Australia’s University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has been trialing a raft of strategies to turn nutrient-rich animal waste into a bio-solution. UniSQ Centre of Agricultural […]

Hortyfruta, an organization that represents the production and marketing of greenhouse-grown fruits and vegetables in Spain, recently released results of a grower survey that indicated […]

In a study published in Metabolites, University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa, researchers report on finding a faster way to screen soil bacteria as potential […]

Taiwan has developed a toxin-free biopesticide that can protect crops against intractable pests and will become the first country to mass produce such a product, […]

A graduate student has conducted what is believed to be the first study assessing the potential of combining a biocontrol agent with bread and durum […]

Australia’s Goldfields Nullarbor Rangelands Biosecurity Association (GNRBA) is collaborating with Australia’s national science agency CSIRO to research biological control measures to tackle the spread of onion weed […]

In recent years, growers of ornamental plants have been confronted with new invasive thrips species coming from Asia. These small insects weaken and damage the […]

Researchers from Boston’s (US) GreenLight Biosciences and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, have announced an agreement to develop a solution to fall armyworm […]

The Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources has proposed the field release on State lands in Hawai‘i of a butterfly with gregarious larvae, Euselasia […]

A new banana fungus is rapidly spreading across the globe. It hit Africa a decade ago, but now spreads, a genetic study conducted by Wageningen […]

A recent study in Japan, published in the journal Diversity, has found that reared ambrosia beetles, Euwallacea interjectus, can have symbiotic fungi different to those […]

The agricultural entomology unit of the University of Cordoba in Spain has optimized the production of bioinsecticides against olive fruit flies from entomopathogenic fungi, improving their resistance […]

Pawpaw farmers in the Kayunga District of Uganda are facing the wrath fac of a stubborn insect pest, the papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus). First detected in […]