Name: Argentina sequences leafhopper genome to battle crop-destroying insect
Uploaded: 2024-06-25T15:53:25-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine scientific institute has cracked the genome of the leafhopper, the insect which carries the bacteria responsible for wiping out vast swathes of the South American nation’s latest corn crop, the government said on Tuesday. The development, which determined the Dalbulus maidis’ genetic makeup, will serve future efforts to fight […]

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Argentina sequences leafhopper genome to battle crop-destroying insect

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine scientific institute has cracked the genome of the leafhopper, the insect which carries the bacteria responsible for wiping out vast swathes of the South American nation’s latest corn crop, the government said on Tuesday. The development, which determined the Dalbulus maidis’ genetic makeup, will serve future efforts to fight […]

Rain, cooler weather in Argentina farmlands should stall leafhopper spread

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s key agricultural regions will receive rain and a drop in temperatures in the coming days, the Buenos Aires grain exchange said on Wednesday, a combination expected to help curb the spread of an insect that has damaged the country’s corn lots. Argentina is the world’s third-largest exporter of corn, but […]