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HONOLULU, May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Forest Service scientists say they are proposing the release of Brazilian insects to control the spread of strawberry guava across Hawaii. Service officials said ...

The mass invasion of a new insect, the whitefly, in Bangladesh’s agricultural farms — especially in coconut, banana and guava farms — has put farmers at risk due to its devastating effects ...

After decades of research, scientists introduced their own invader to the island in 2011 to curtail the spread of the strawberry guava tree: The Brazilian scale, a small insect whose young settle ...

Farmers in Karmoda village, Rajasthan, are suffering from huge losses due to insect attacks on their guava crops. The insects bore holes into the guavas, causing yield loss and damaging the plants.

U.S. Forest Service scientists with the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry have submitted a proposal to release a Brazilian insect to control the spread of strawberry guava, a South American ...