Tag:Agriculture and Life Sciences

Nov 17, 2014

以这种方式抵抗的东西：昆虫神秘

An NC State entomology researcher has found that a feared crop pest found in North Carolina is becoming resistant to a common method used to protect庄稼。

Sep 8, 2014

帮助保持学校午餐安全

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ellen Thomas, a Ph.D candidate in NC State’s Department of Food Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences. This post also appears on the food safety blog barfblog.com. In 2006, an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with bagged spinach resulted in 205 illnesses and three deaths. Investigators cited many factors,including…

2014年8月4日

Researchers Develop Food Safety Social Media Guide

为了帮助保护公共卫生，来自北卡罗来纳州立大学的研究人员已经制定了有关如何使用社交媒体有效沟通食物的指导方针safety.

Jul 23, 2014

Urban Heat Boosts Some Pest Populations 200-Fold, Killing Red Maples

New research from North Carolina State University shows that urban “heat islands” are slowly killing red maples in the southeastern United States. One factor is that researchers have found warmer temperatures increase the number of young produced by the gloomy scale insect – a significant tree pest – by 300 percent, which in turnleads…

2014年6月19日

Researchers Develop Genetic Control Mechanism for Major Livestock Pest

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique to control populations of the Australian sheep blowfly – a major livestock pest in Australia and New Zealand – by making female flies dependent upon a common antibiotic to survive. Dr. Max Scott, professor of entomology at NC State, and his research team genetically modifiedlines…

May 23, 2014

缺乏植物多样性马刺队在城市的溃疡损坏

Research from North Carolina State University finds that a lack of plant diversity is a key contributor to the widespread defoliation caused by cankerworms in cities, and highlights the role that increasing diversity can play in limiting futuredamage.

May 21, 2014

Dam Removal Improves Shad Spawning Grounds, May Boost Survival Rate

Research from North Carolina State University finds that dam removal improves spawning grounds for American shad and seems likely to improve survival rates for adult fish, juveniles and eggs – but for differentreasons.

2014年5月20日

Researchers Sequence Genome of Primitive Termite

North Carolina State University entomologists are part of a research team that has for the first time sequenced the genome of a member of the termite order, the dampwood termite (Zootermopsis nevadensis). A paper reports the findings today in Nature Communications. The findings on the genetic blueprint of the dampwood termite, one of the世界......

2014年5月9日

Bee Biodiversity Boosts Blueberry Crop Yields

北卡罗来纳州立大学的研究表明，如果被更多样化的蜜蜂物种访问，蓝莓会产生更多的种子和更大的浆果，让农民收获更多磅的水果acre.

2014年5月1日

Increased Drought Portends Lower Future Midwest Crop Yields

Increasingly harsh drought conditions in the U.S. Midwest’s Corn Belt may take a serious toll on corn and soybean yields over the next half-century, according to research published today in the journal Science. Corn yields could drop by 15 to 30 percent, according to the paper’s estimates; soybean yield losses would be less severe.North…

Apr 28, 2014

城市化，较高的温度会影响蝴蝶出现模式

An international team of researchers has found that a subset of common butterfly species are emerging later than usual in urban areas located in warmer regions, raising questions about how the insects respond to significant increases intemperature.

Apr 24, 2014

TSETSE飞行的研究人员序列基因组

包括来自北卡罗来纳州立大学的昆虫学家，包括来自北卡罗来纳州立大学的昆虫学家的国际财团，遗传蓝图或基因组的TSetse飞行，是世界上最危险的人类和牲畜病的载体之一。Tsetse苍蝇（Glossina Morsitans）在非洲发现，专门针对血液和传播睡眠疾病，或非洲锥虫病。Some…

Apr 18, 2014

Study Suggests Dan River Water Is Suitable for Irrigation and as Drinking Water for Livestock

Using projections of water-quality trends based on hundreds of water analyses made during a 40-day period following the release of approximately 39,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River on Feb. 2, 2014, North Carolina State University soil scientists conclude that the river water is suitable for use as irrigation water on crops和…

Apr 14, 2014

Strawberry Fields Forever

北卡罗来纳州是国家第3号草莓生产国，但许多州的浆果在缺乏种植面积的小块上生长，以实现可持续的越来越多的田间旋转。即结合对土壤病原体的持续担忧，并依赖化学品在蜘蛛螨如蜘蛛般的害虫中的植物中，巨大pressure…

Apr 1, 2014

'触摸'女蟑螂再现速度更快

To speed up reproduction, there’s no substitute for the tender touch of a live cockroach. That’s the major takeaway from a North Carolina State University study examining whether artificial antennae – in this case, duck feathers – can mimic a cockroach antenna’s capacity to hasten reproduction in cockroach females. Female cockroaches that get “touched”–…