1. Viruses are widespread in both natural and agricultural plant communities and can significantly alter diverse traits of their host plants that mediate key interactions with other organisms. Yet, ...

The University of Bristol has been awarded £2 million to lead a major new project that aims to tackle the devastation caused by vector-borne plant diseases in Africa. In much the same way as insects ...

In this paper, we evaluate the use of an electronic nose (EN) containing 13 conducting polymer gas sensors to discriminate between patterns of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by plants. The ...

To better understand the effects of climate change on agroecosystems, researchers conducted one of the first transdisciplinary studies on the effects of temperature change, leafhopper vector behavior, ...

During summer, bugs like mosquitoes, spiders, flies etc. thrive. Therefore, it becomes extremely important to look for effective ways to ward off the threat of vector-borne diseases like malaria, ...

Kite Pharma's viral vector plant in Southern California has been cleared for liftoff, and, with that, the Gilead Sciences company is touting its position as the only cell therapy player able to make ...