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Dr. R.G. Agarwal Receives Prestigious Agro-Industry Leadership Award for T
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 30: The Entomological Research Association, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, has conferred the prestigious Corporate Leadership in Agro-Industry Award
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99 million-year-old amber yields fossil surprise
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The study, led by Dolav Fabrikant from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tanya (Tatiana) Novoselsky from the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University, has been published in the peer-reviewed Israel Journal of Entomology.
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'Queen banking' can help beekeepers deal with climate change
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Queen banking, the process of storing extra queens in the spring to replenish colonies in the autumn, can be made more stable and labour-efficient by keeping queen bees frozen in indoor refrigeration units, according to a Washington State University research. It could also improve honey bee
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Scientists discover how insects play keystone role in ecosystems
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
We need to stop thinking of insects as 'creepy crawlies' and recognize their keystone role in the ecosystems.
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Study suggests more attention on synanthropic flies, disease carriers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Amherst [US], September 20 (ANI): According to a new study, "synanthropic" flies, or non-biting flies that live with us, need to be paid more attention as disease carriers. While epidemiologists have focused on biting flies, which can spread diseases by transferring infected blood from host
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Study finds yellow fever mosquito can be tackled by using nanoparticles
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): The yellow fever mosquito was a species native only to Africa before being mistakenly introduced to the new world due to the slave trade in the 16th century.
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Jorhat hosts national workshop on "Lac Insect Conservation"
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): North East India is one of the major producers of the Lac insect in our country. In order to revive Lac cultivation in India, a two-day National Workshop on "Lac Insect Conservation" was held at Department of Entomology, Assam Agriculture Unive
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