Artificial intelligence fights notorious crop pest

By Niall Firth
New Scientist – A software-based monitoring system could keep the oriental fruit fly in check, saving farmers billions of dollars
CALIFORNIA is facing a dire threat: oriental fruit flies. Officials sprang into action laying traps and spreading insecticide after 13 of the insects were spotted in the state. They issued an emergency statewide alert on 8 August, and the next step is a lockdown of huge stretches of farmland in a crippling quarantine.

Scientists Refute Claim That Genetically Modified Corn Caused New Insect Pest

ScienceDaily — An article in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) refutes claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Smith), is “a new plant pest” that was “caused by genetically engineered corn.” The Greenpeace Germany report, which was written by author Richard Then of Testbiotech, offers a “surprisingly simplistic conclusion” regarding the spread of western bean cutworm over the last decade, according to the JIPM authors ……>>Read More<<

Source: ScienceDaily, January 7th, 2012
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