The efficient and effective monitoring of individuals and populations is critically dependent on correct species identification. While this point may seem obvious, identifying the majority of the more than 100 natural enemies involved in the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana – SBW) food web remains a non-trivial endeavor.
About 4,500 guppy fishes to be introduced into wells, sumps in houses at Poondhottam
It is a method of biological control of mosquitoes
It neither affects environment nor harms non-target organisms
VELLORE: About 4,500 guppy fishes were distributed in sachets free of cost to 321 residents of Poondhottam area here on Friday, as part of a malaria prevention campaign launched by the Zonal Entomolo
White nose syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed more than one million bats in the Northeast, has been found in Maine, the last New England state to discover it, wildlife officials said on Tuesday.
Diminishing populations of bats, an important predator of insects, could have harmful consequences for humans, experts say.
Bats at two sites in Maine's Oxford County that displayed sign
This new UNEP report shows that bee colonies worldwide are under threat, with serious consequences for biodiversity and food security. It analyses possible answers to why the bee group, the most important pollinator worldwide, is declining and what are the possible mitigating measures and recommendations to avert such decline.
Farmers have been asked to restrict use of chemical insecticides as the incidence of pests and diseases was found below economic threshold levels in the districts of the State.
Light traps
According to experts from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, farmers should monitor the movement of adult insects by setting up light traps, yellow sticky traps and pheromone traps.
The public should be properly consulted ahead of any release of experimental insects. But what do they need to know, and whose job is it to ensure the message gets across? (Editorial)
Within the framework of the project "Sustainable insect farming and harvesting for better nutrition, improved food security, and household income generation," which kicked off in January 2011, FAO began introducing small-scale cricket farming at the School for Gifted and Ethnic Students, National University of Laos (NUoL).
