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Lunchtime is over for the Colorado potato beetle
Chemicals in the leaves of potato plants, produced naturally by the plant, may hold the key to a new way to control Colorado potato...
Tasmanian potato growers preparing for the worst
Surveillance programs for tomato potato psyllid (TPP) are being ramped up in Tasmania as growers try to delay any incursion of the pest for...
Zebra chip pathogen detected in psyllids in Alberta
Although the zebra chip pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Lso) has been detected in small numbers of potato psyllids in two sites in Alberta, no...
Wasp released in NZ to control Tomato Potato Psyllid
A new biocontrol, Tamarixia trioaze, a parasitoid wasp which destroys the tomato potato psyllid (TPP) pest, has been released in Hawke's Bay and Canterbury,...
Psyllids and Zebra Chip
University of Lethbridge biogeography professor Dan Johnson has been monitoring Prairie potato fields for the past few years, looking for evidence of the potato...
USDA $400,000 federal grant to fight potato pest
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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) announced a commitment of $400,000 in federal funds to the Federal Golden Nematode Laboratory at Cornell University last...
Lunchtime is over for the Colorado potato beetle
Chemicals in the leaves of potato plants, produced naturally by the plant, may hold the key to a new way to control Colorado potato...
Tasmanian potato growers preparing for the worst
Surveillance programs for tomato potato psyllid (TPP) are being ramped up in Tasmania as growers try to delay any incursion of the pest for...
Zebra chip pathogen detected in psyllids in Alberta
Although the zebra chip pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Lso) has been detected in small numbers of potato psyllids in two sites in Alberta, no...
Wasp released in NZ to control Tomato Potato Psyllid
A new biocontrol, Tamarixia trioaze, a parasitoid wasp which destroys the tomato potato psyllid (TPP) pest, has been released in Hawke's Bay and Canterbury,...
Psyllids and Zebra Chip
University of Lethbridge biogeography professor Dan Johnson has been monitoring Prairie potato fields for the past few years, looking for evidence of the potato...
USDA $400,000 federal grant to fight potato pest
Staff -
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) announced a commitment of $400,000 in federal funds to the Federal Golden Nematode Laboratory at Cornell University last...
