Are you considering a walking holiday in 2025? If so, might I add an extra item to your preparation list? In addition to ...

A major grower said this week it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida's signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree diseases.

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When I think about winter survival, my mind first goes to wildlife: field mice curling up in nests, chickadees flocking to bird feeders, and amphibians burrowing into the mud.

The approach involves inserting a gene into a citrus tree that produces a protein that can kill baby Asian citrus psyllids, the bugs that transmit the greening disease. That gene normally occurs in a ...

reflecting the headwinds Florida's signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree diseases. Alico Inc. announced Monday that it planned to wind down its citrus operations ...

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All council-owned trees in the Waipā district have been vaccinated against Dutch elm disease. Photo / Waipā District Council Dutch elm disease is spread by elm bark beetles, which carry the ...

All council-owned trees in the Waipā district have been vaccinated against Dutch elm disease. Photo / Waipā District Council Dutch elm disease is spread by elm bark beetles, which carry the ...

Dutch elm disease has claimed the life of a 100-year-old elm tree in the Waikato, despite the tree being vaccinated. The fatal and fast-spreading disease is caused by a species of fungus and ...

The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic mutation—a genetic change that had not been passed down from a parent ...

This could inform the development of vaccines that are more effective in preventing disease. The approach can ... By creating "family trees," the new approach identifies new variants automatically ...