entomology Articles
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Could evolution be our ally when it comes to mosquito control?
Two researchers propose a novel approach to reduce mosquitoes’ human toll without disrupting ecosystems. By the quirks of genetics, some people are natural mosquito bait. In any group of 10, it seems, one person will draw a fury of bites, while the rest get off lightly. Which makes a dreamer wonder: Why not devise a nonhuman target to attract mosquitoes and so reduce the toll of ...
By Ensia
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Could traditional plants hold the secret to saving crops from pests?
Researchers build on age-old practices to reduce food loss in Africa Without any effort at all, Hawa Saidi Ibura crushes dried beans, one at a time, between her fingers outside her home in Endagaw, a village in northern Tanzania. She’s holding a basket of a type of red bean eaten all over East Africa, but these beans are skeletons of what they once were. She harvested them from her farm ...
By Ensia
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