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Nichino India launches Orchestra, marks the Beginning of a New Era of BPH
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] April 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Orchestra is a New Japanese Technology for effective Rice BPH management with excellent safety to beneficial insects.
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Researchers find vegetarian birds are more sociable than insect eaters
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 7 (ANI): A new study has found that weaver birds that eat seeds flock together and nest in colonies more commonly than those species that eat insects.
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Unseen colours in flowers can help ensure pollination, survival: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Different substances in the petals of flowers create a "bulls-eye" for pollinating insects, according to a Clemson University scientist.
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MP: Tropical Forest Research Institute sets up 'treasure of butterflies' a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 6 (ANI): Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) in Jabalpur has set up a section dedicated to butterflies in its insects' museum.
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How does Venus fly trap snap shut? Scientists reveal the secret!
Updated : 4 years ago IST
California [US], February 20 (ANI): Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that catches its prey (chiefly insects and arachnids) with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves. How this happens is a question that has often plagued people. Now, scientists
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Researchers determine nutritional properties of protein in cricket, locust
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
West Virginia [US], January 19 (ANI): As the human population grows to a predicted 10 billion by 2050 and overall land mass remains constant, traditional animal farming may become a less viable method for food production. Animal farming has traditionally fulfilled human nutritional requireme
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Of ants eggs, silk worms n more
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Entomophagy is a word that has suddenly gained currency in the gastronomic lexicon in the West. Translated literally, it means consuming insects for food. Gourmet diners and innovative chefs also refer to this category of ingredients as 'Novel Foods'.
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Study finds how well are alternative feedstuffs received by the end consum
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Gottingen [Germany], December 10 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Gottingen and the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada studied consumer preferences of alternative feedstuffs, especially the effect of information regarding algae and insects in the food chain.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government to convert landfill site into sports ground
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 15 (ANI): Japanese silver grass is a landscape symbol during autumn in Japan. It is the landfill over the site of Yatozawa disposal site in Hinode town of Tokyo and now the original scenery is full of nature. It is home to many precious creatures and insects.
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Study develops method to protect crops from insects using 'smell of fear'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 28 (ANI): A method to bottle the "smell of fear" produced by predators to repel and disrupt destructive insects naturally without the need for harsh substances, has been recently developed by researchers.
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Researchers protect crops from insects using 'smell of fear'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): Researchers have developed a way to bottle the "smell of fear" produced by predators to repel and disrupt destructive insects naturally without the need for harsh substances.
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For trees, carbs are key to surviving insect defoliation: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): A new study from Harvard, UMass Amherst, Boston University and MIT has revealed that a tree's carbohydrate reserves are crucial to surviving an onslaught of hungry caterpillars.
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