Explore how aphids' rapid reproduction and resistance are changing pest control strategies, highlighting new research and challenges in agriculture.

These aphids secrete a unique blend of chemicals in their saliva that can suppress the plant’s natural defence mechanisms, such as the production of toxins and the release of volatile compounds that ...

BYDV-carrying aphids preferentially move to uninfected plants and transmit the virus when saliva is injected during feeding (Gildow and Gray, 1993; Ingwell et al., 2012; Ng and Perry, 2004), but this ...

Autoimmune diseases make the immune system attack healthy tissues. These can affect organs like kidneys, leading to conditions such as Lupus Nephritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Diagnosis can be ...

“The outdoor garden pests I encounter the most outdoors are aphids, slugs and hungry caterpillars, specifically cabbage worms, tomato hornworms and cut worms,” says Kaitlin Mitchell, a ...

The conversion of alcohol to ACH starts with bacteria in the mouth raising levels of the carcinogen in the saliva. As alcohol enters the blood stream, the liver begins its own conversion leading to a ...

But ducks can also shed the virus in their feces or saliva, sometimes infecting other birds or mammals like foxes. Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks ...

Claressa Shields shows proof of her innocence and explodes against those who want to sink her: Y'all love to tear a black woman down The champion tested positive through a saliva sample she ...