The field of plant protection is facing urgent challenges arising from the global demand for sustainable agricultural ...

Banker plants are valuable against common strawberry pests, such as aphids, thrips, and two-spotted spider mites. Cereal banker plants combat this scourge through an ongoing supply of non-pest aphids, ...

THERE have been many attempts to make use of biological control measures for the suppression of plant pathogens, borne by soil. Frequently, these attempts involve the inoculation into soil of ...

The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published scientific article in the journal Microbial Ecology reveals that ants combat a range of plant ...

Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute and Future Africa, University of Pretoria Bernard Slippers receives research funding from various Agriculture and Forestry related ...