Posts Tagged: Nature journal

How to Have a Rice Day

Rice farmers in southeast Asia don't "have a rice day" when the dreaded brown planthopper is...

This photo shows sesame and the grass, Leersia sayanuka, planted together along a rice field edge in China. Sesame is important because it provides pollen and nectar for the parasitoids. (Photo courtesy of Zhongzian Lu)

This photo shows sesame and the grass, Leersia sayanuka, planted together along a rice field edge in China. Sesame is important because it provides pollen and nectar for the parasitoids. (Photo courtesy of Zhongzian Lu)

Why They're Cautioning: 'Use Antimicrobials Wisely'

UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues are on a mission. When the United...

The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues point to a World Health Organization paper indicating that malaria is one of the diseases that "can no longer be cured with many older antibiotics or medicines." (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)

The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll and colleagues point to a World Health Organization paper indicating that malaria is one of the diseases that "can no longer be cured with many older antibiotics or medicines." (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)

Global Burden of Dengue

Don't ever underestimate the threat of dengue. The mosquito-borne viral disease known as...

Professor Thomas Scott, a worldwide expert on dengue, is pictured in Kenya.

Professor Thomas Scott, a worldwide expert on dengue, is pictured in Kenya.

Global dengue risk. Areas in red indicate high risk for dengue occurrence while green areas indicate low risk. (Map courtesy of Jane Messina)

Global dengue risk. Areas in red indicate high risk for dengue occurrence while green areas indicate low risk. (Map courtesy of Jane Messina)

Natives vs. Non-Natives

Quick! When you think of non-native species, what's your first reaction? That they're Public Enemy...

Soapberry bug on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Soapberry bug on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'The Treacherous Scent of a Human'

It's a killer, pure and simple. But the issue is as complex as it comes. The malaria mosquito,...

Walter Leal in lab

CHEMICAL ECOLOGIST Walter Leal working in his UC Davis lab. His lab revealed the secret mode of the insect repellent DEET in groundbreaking research published in 2008.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Killer

FEMALE MALARIA MOSQUITO, Anopheles gambiae, needs a blood meal to develop her eggs. Every year malaria mosquitoes infect some 350 to 500 million people a year, killing more than a million. (Photo by malaria researcher Anton Cornel, UC Davis Department of Entomology)