The recent Medfly infestation in California may have started from larvae in a single piece of contraband fruit. State and federal authorities are spending millions to eradicate the pest."This is the first line of defense for US agriculture," Heldt says. "We're here to protect US customs. ...
a dog with a history of dog fighting and a tick infestation so bad, his ear canals had to be shortened rendering him a trifle deaf. He had been boarded there for quite some time before I arrived, and looked fairly miserable; so much so, that I hadn’t even noticed him on my first...
I don’t get the appeal of this cake. Worse yet, it’s everywhere, like some kind of infestation. For the annual Dine Out Vancouver, the dessert is on almost every place’s menu in some fashion. I also attended a birthday once that offered two Tiramisu cakes and no other options. Cr...
What makes them bad: The adults and larvae feed on the undersides of leaves. A serious infestation can result in leaves that have a lace-like appearance. The beetles also feed on and destroy plant stems and pods. In sufficient numbers, the damage to the plants may so seriously affect the...
Relationship between fruit infestation and the density of melon fruit fly adults and puparia. Information on the Muwlad and Lahji Arab clans, including whether they are Somali or Yemeni subclans, and on their treatment by the Isaaqs and Darods [SOM2... C Inayatullah,L Khan,AU Mohsin,....
The highly condensed chromosomes and chromosome breaks in mitotic cells of a Drosophila mutant, spotted-dick/pita, are the consequence of defects in DNA replication. Reduction of levels of Spotted-dick protein, by either RNAi or mutation, leads to the accumulation of cells that have DNA content ...