Brazil Declares Emergency over Caterpillar Infestation in Soybeans Soybean farmers in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Mato Grosso are suffering big losses to their crops caused by a widespread infestation of Helicoverpa caterpillars. These are the same as, or very similar to, the cotton bollworms. Farmers in Bahia last year suffered losses of as much as $900 million from the pest, and the same situation appears to be occurring this year in Mato Grosso.Farmers have complained that the insecticides available to them have not been successful in controlling the caterpillar and have asked the government to give them access to something better. As a result, the Brazilian government this week officially declared an emergency in order to all...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
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