CABI’s expertise shared at XVI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds 2023

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CABI’s expertise in the management of invasive species has been shared at the XVI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (ISBCW) 2023 held for the first time in South America in Puerto Iguazú, Argentina.
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Brown marmorated stink bug research in China offers promise to prevent the pest spreading in New Zealand

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CABI scientist in China – as part of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory (Joint Lab) – are making progress which could help prevent the brown marmorated stink bug spreading in New Zealand.
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CABI outlines at conference more sustainable biological control agent approach to fight diamondback moth

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Muhammad Faheem, CABI’s Integrated Crop Management Advisor based at its centre in Malaysia, has outlined a more sustainable bio-based control approach to fight the diamondback moth pest (Plutella xylostella) in vegetables.
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Work continues to tackle threat of fall armyworm in India with remote sensor-based pheromone trap technology

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CABI is continuing its efforts working in partnership with CHAP to research remote sensor-based pheromone trap technology to help curb the threat to livelihoods and food security in India posed by the fall armyworm pest.
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CABI warns that like on St Kitts and Nevis, invasive green monkeys could become a significant threat to crop production on other Caribbean islands

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CABI has shared its expertise on the management of invasive species as part of a consultation on how to mitigate the impacts of the green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) on food security in St Kitts and Nevis.
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All is not quite what it seems in the fight against the noxious Parthenium weed

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Scientists are busy investigating effective safer-to-use, and friendlier to the environment, biological control agents to fight one of the world’s most noxious invasive weeds – parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus).
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CABI shares expertise on hay fever sufferers’ nightmare on US TV

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Dr Stefan Toepfer has contributed to WGRZ-TV’s The Outdoors programme on Invasive Species by sharing his expertise on ragweed – the invasive species that is a nightmare for millions of hay fever sufferers across Europe.
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Symposium highlights advances in global pest management for greater sustainable food security

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CABI scientists have shared their expertise in safer-to-use and more sustainable biological control agents for the global management of crop pests and diseases which can threaten the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and food security.
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‘Wonder weevils’ released in Yorkshire waterways in fight against invasive floating pennywort

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Specialist weevils from South America have been introduced to two sites in West Yorkshire to control an invasive non-native plant choking waterways.
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CABI supports fight against invasive species

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CABI is supporting the fight against invasive species in the Caribbean. As part of PlantwisePlus activities and with funding from the CABI Development Fund, visits took place to support the governments of Grenada and Barbados. Dr Yelitza Colmenarez, CABI Brazil Centre Director & Plantwise Regional Coordinator – Latin America and Caribbean, and consultant Guilherme Trivellato…
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