Scale insects are small bugs related to greenflies; they suck plant sap and can damage or kill crops ... crop pests like the mango and cassava mealybugs, Williams’s expertise proved crucial ...

Across the tropics, farming communities—an estimated 800 million people—rely on cassava for food and income. However, in recent decades, harvests have been decimated by rapidly spreading diseases.

omestic cassava production has declined over the past decade as a result of lower farmgate prices discouraging farmers from planting more, the Indonesian Cassava Society (MSI) has said.

Cassava Sciences' Phase 3 RETHINK-ALZ trial for simufilam in Alzheimer's failed decisively, with the company discontinuing its second Phase 3 trial and reducing its workforce by 33%. The company ...

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, Mr Gibson Reuben, tragically lost his life while fleeing an attempted abduction by unknown gunmen at the ...

Stakeholders in Niger State have pledged to work together to develop a comprehensive policy framework to tackle the challenges confronting cassava production and unlock its potential in improving ...

While harmless to humans, they can damage plants, so you’ll want to eliminate them if you find them in your home or garden. Mealybugs are a tiny, alien-looking insect from the family Pseudococcidae.

While it may take months to fully assess the property damage, inspections are already underway. Preliminary maps from Los Angeles County are now available, showing building-by-building damage ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means ...

HANOI: China continued to be Vietnam’s largest export market for cassava and cassava products in 2024, according to data from the General Department of Customs. In 2024, Vietnam exported 2.62 ...

A Norwegian ship suspected of being involved in "serious damage" to an underwater telecoms cable between Latvia and Sweden has been boarded by police. The Silver Dania cargo vessel, with an all ...