Bt proteins such as Vip3Aa are commonly used in #GMcrops to control lepidopteran #pests, but Vip3Aa resistance has been observed. This study identifies a gene in the crop pest #Helicoverpa armigera #CottonBollworm whose disruption confers resistance to Vip3Aa @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4kBtD89
These bugs may be the oldest pests humans have had to deal with

New research shows that bed bugs may be the oldest known pest to follow humans around, infesting our beds for over 60,000 years.

BGR

@palmoildetectives

May I add: ' and for your beloved #pests!'

Insects are awesome. If they become pests something is wrong with the garden.

Newsroom has a good article on the current NZ government ending the Predator Free 2050 Ltd agency in the recent Budget announcement.

Predator Free 2050 Ltd was set up by John Key's National government in 2016. The agency has led the ambitious project to achieve landscape-scale removal, and aspirationally national eradication, of some of NZ's worst predatory mammal pests.

The agency found out it was ending on the day the budget was announced.

Apparently the government is trying to make reassuring noises that everyting's fine and the predator free work will continue under the management of the Department of Conservation. That's the same department that keeps getting its budget cut and today announced a further 84 proposed job losses.

Hopefully all the conservation gains that have been made over the past decade can be sustained.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/26/it-was-a-bombshell-govt-culls-pest-eradication-company/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562316/department-of-conservation-proposes-cutting-84-jobs-primarily-affecting-women

#PredatorFree2025 #nzpol #Pests #conservation #nz

‘It was a bombshell’: Govt culls pest eradication company

Is the financially stretched Department of Conservation best to lead the country’s cooperative mission to eradicate pests by 2050?

Newsroom

Harmful fungus found in Canberra sparks concerns for eucalyptus plants
By Aoife Hilton and Imogen McDonald

Myrtle rust is a bright yellow-looking fungus originally from South America, infecting plants in the eucalypt family with sometimes devastating effect.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-21/invasive-plant-pathogen-myrtle-rust-detected-at-national-museum/105315816

#Environment #Pests #EnvironmentalManagement #AoifeHilton #ImogenMcDonald

Invasive plant pathogen myrtle rust detected at National Museum of Australia, sparking concerns for eucalypts

Myrtle rust is a bright yellow-looking fungus originally from South America, infecting plants in the eucalypt family with sometimes devastating effect.

ABC News

Harmful fungus found in Canberra sparks concerns for eucalyptus plants
By Aoife Hilton and Imogen McDonald

Myrtle rust is a bright yellow-looking fungus originally from South America, infecting plants in the eucalypt family with sometimes devastating effect.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-21/invasive-plant-pathogen-myrtle-rust-detected-at-national-museum/105315816

#Environment #Pests #EnvironmentalManagement #AoifeHilton #ImogenMcDonald

Invasive plant pathogen myrtle rust detected at National Museum of Australia, sparking concerns for eucalypts

Myrtle rust is a bright yellow-looking fungus originally from South America, infecting plants in the eucalypt family with sometimes devastating effect.

ABC News
Found a mouse family’s nest inside our grill. 😕

#animal #mice #pests #wildlife

Wtf is is attacking my chilli plant? Powdery mildew?

edit: solved, it's edema, thanks everybody

#chillipepper #growing #growingchilli #gardening #pests

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(2/2) Use of synthetic #pesticides can lead to environment & #health concerns. #GMO technology can introduce pest resistance in crops. Bt #cowpeas with resistance to multiple #pests may significantly reduce pesticide use, providing #environment, health & economic benefits: doi.org/10.1002/ps.8...

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