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Indian runner ducks. Photo by Bjoern Clauss from Wikimedia Commons. Proper pest management always calls for pesticides as a last resort. Prevention is always better. If pests do infest one’s farm, the use of natural predators to hunt them down has been a proven effective method to naturally...

Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg from Wikimedia Commons. Ambulances in Delhi, India do not only transport people with medical emergencies. There are specialized emergency vehicles in the city called “tree ambulances” which are dispatched to provide “tree surgeries” and other horticultural...

State researchers are seeking to develop a detection system that would help identify the country’s coffee varieties that are susceptible and resistant to pests and diseases. Coffee berry borer infestation (‘Hypothenemus hampei’) (University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon...