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NewsResearchers to deploy fungus to combat devilishly invasive tree-of-heaven
Researchers are examining if a natural fungus that kills the highly invasive tree-of-heaven could be spread to other trees-of-heaven by the spotted lanternfly, in turn reducing populations of this pest insect as well.
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NewsScientists develop 2-stage process to transform caragana waste into nutritious ruminant feed
In a breakthrough in agricultural waste management, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have devised a method to convert Caragana korshinskii Kom. waste, a common forestry byproduct in China, into a potential ruminant feed. The research, published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, details a ...
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NewsNew leaf: AMI’s PhD studentship winner Naina Korotania talks trees and phages
Naina Korotania, winner of the Basil Jarvis PhD Studentship, which is awarded by Applied Microbiology International, is poised to embark on a PhD at the Univeristy of Birmingham, developing novel phage-based biopesticides to target cankers in four tree species.