pest and disease research

Former UC San Diego graduate student Stephanie Gamez created this artistic depiction of genetics and the fruit crop pest Drosophila suzukii.
Could CRISPR technology replace the need for insecticides and only suppress the target species population?
Former UC San Diego graduate student Stephanie Gamez created this artistic depiction of genetics and
Using the “smell of fear” to protect crops and gardens from insects
via Nature and Garden Using the “smell of fear” to protect crops and gardens from
Scientists have confirmed the hybridisation of two of the world’s major pest species into a new and concerning mega-pest

One of the pests, the cotton bollworm, is widespread in Africa, Asia and Europe and

Unexpected strategy can delay, and even reverse, the evolution of resistance by pests to genetically engineered crops

UA researchers have discovered an unexpected strategy that can delay, and even reverse, the evolution

Sterile insect technique: New strategies against mosquitoes and other pests

South America is fighting a battle against tiger mosquitoes that transmit yellow fever, dengue fever

Exploiting Male-Killing Bacteria to Control Insect Pest Species

Scientists have discovered a key mechanism that drives a bacteria that kills male insects, a

Lack of attention has made stripe rust a major threat to the world’s wheat

Inconsistent funding for research into the pests and diseases that threaten key crops leaves global

Scientists shut down reproductive ability, desire in pest insects

Park said he anticipates this neuron knockdown will help scientists develop targeted control methods for

Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, UA Scientists Warn

Their study helps explain why one major pest is evolving resistance much faster than predicted