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Giving “ ... infectious disease a break for about eight years ...”
Läuft.
https://www.fr.de/panorama/erster-fall-seit-jahren-camper-infiziert-sich-in-urlaubsregion-mit-pest-zr-93918487.html

‘Cat-sized’ rat found in Teesside town puts focus on pest control cuts | Local government | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/04/cat-sized-rat-found-in-teesside-town-puts-focus-on-pest-control-cuts…

An additional food driven biological control patch model, incorporating generalized competition
Urvashi Verma, Kanishka Goyal, Chanaka Kottegoda, Rana D. Parshad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06111

An additional food driven biological control patch model, incorporating generalized competition
Additional food sources for an introduced predator are known to increase its efficiency on a target pest. In this context, inhibiting factors such as interference, predator competition, and the introduction of temporally dependent quantity and quality of additional food are all known to enable pest extinction. As climate change and habitat degradation have increasing effects in enhancing patchiness in ecological systems, the effect of additional food in patch models has also been recently consi…

"Removing rats helps revive forests, birds & coral in the Marshall Islands"
#Animals #Environment

Removing rats helps revive forests, birds & coral in the Marshall Islands
On Bikar Atoll and Jemo Islet of the Marshall Islands, seabirds are returning, forests are regrowing and coral reefs are recovering. And it all stems from the removal of a single invasive pest: rats. Rats were once so abundant on Bikar and Jemo that they “utterly dominated the lower levels of the forest,” Paul Jacques, […]

Modeling the Temperature-Humidity Coupling Dynamics of Soybean Pod Borer Population and Assessing the Predictive Performance of the PCM-NN Algorithm
Xu Chen, Wenxuan Li, Xiaoshuang Li, Suli Liu, Yu Gao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03238

Modeling the Temperature-Humidity Coupling Dynamics of Soybean Pod Borer Population and Assessing the Predictive Performance of the PCM-NN Algorithm
Against the backdrop of global climate change and agricultural globalization, soybean production is increasingly threatened by pest outbreaks, with Leguminivora glycinivorella (commonly known as the soybean pod borer) being a major pest species. This pest is widely distributed, particularly in northeastern China, the country's primary soybean-producing region, where its outbreaks have significantly affected both yield and quality. Although statistical and mechanistic models have been applied to…

Sensors in viticulture: functions, benefits, and data-driven insights
Milan Milenkovic
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03000 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.03000

Sensors in viticulture: functions, benefits, and data-driven insights
Use of sensor and related analytical predictions can be a powerful tool in providing data-informed input to viticulturalists' decision process, complementing their vineyard observations and intuition. Their up-to-date measurements, predictions, and alerts offer actionable insights and suggestions for managing key vineyard operations, such as irrigation, disease and pest control, canopy management, and harvest timing. In many cases, anticipatory interventions can mitigate risks before problems b…

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Orbital:
🎵 You Are The Frequency
#Orbital
https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/track/you-are-the-frequency-feat-the-little-pest
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Bsm3rjAT18XWJNA5Occmc

Trump wird auch den #Epstein Skandal überstehen - ich weiß nicht, ob ich angesichts von J.D. Vance leider schreiben soll --- Pest und Cholera

Pest und Cholera in einem schönen Ebenmaß?
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BrightAI, an AI-powered service using custom chips and devices to monitor critical infrastructure, raised a $51M Series A, source says at a $300M valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-…

🪴 New 'gene gun' design boosts efficiency of plant genetic modification
#plants

New 'gene gun' design boosts efficiency of plant genetic modification
Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

Effective resource allocation to combat invasions of the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) and similar pests
Daniel Str\"ombom, Julianna Hoitt, Jinrong Hu, Swati Pandey, Elizabeth Batchelar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01117

Effective resource allocation to combat invasions of the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) and similar pests
The spotted lanternfly is rapidly establishing itself as a major insect pest with global implications. Despite significant management efforts, its spread continues in invaded regions, and refined management strategies are required. A recent study introduced a model that generalized the results of empirical control efficacy studies by incorporating population dynamics and incomplete delivery. In particular, a generalized population growth formula was derived, providing the minimum proportion of …

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Ben Pest:
🎵 Comb But Not Forgotten
#BenPest
https://benpest.bandcamp.com/track/comb-but-not-forgotten

The danger of not manufacturing locally can be much bigger than a few extra dollars profit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/khapra-beetle-f…

Khapra beetle, a threat to grains industry, discovered in imported nappy pants
Authorities are investigating how khapra beetle, the number-one-priority pest for the grains industry, entered Australia.

Toward Sustainable Vertical Farming: Impacts of Environmental Factors and Energy Mix on Performance and Costs
Francesco Ceccanti, Aldo Bischi, Umberto Desideri, Andrea Baccioli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18419

Toward Sustainable Vertical Farming: Impacts of Environmental Factors and Energy Mix on Performance and Costs
The increasing interest in vertical farming arises from its ability to ensure consistent, high-quality, and pest-free vegetable production while supporting synergies with energy systems and urban development. Accordingly, standardized design and operation guidelines are essential to improve energy efficiency and lower costs. This study analyzes the production performance and energy consumption of a vertical farming system, assessing its efficiency, sustainability, and economic viability. A tota…

Plasma Position Constrained Free-Boundary MHD Equilibrium in Tokamaks using pyIPREQ
Udaya Maurya, Amit K. Singh, Suman Aich, Jagabandhu Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Daniel Raju
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18324 …

Plasma Position Constrained Free-Boundary MHD Equilibrium in Tokamaks using pyIPREQ
A free-boundary, axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium code, pyIPREQ, has been developed for Tokamak plasmas using finite difference and Green's function approach. The code builds upon the foundational frameworks of the PEST and IPREQ codes, introducing several enhancements and new capabilities. Notably, pyIPREQ supports the specification of limiter boundaries and enables the computation of key physical quantities. The code has also been extended to compute equilibria constrained b…

Reaction-diffusion models of invasive tree pest spread: quantifying the spread of oak processionary moth in the UK
Jamie P. McKeown, Laura E. Wadkin, Nick G. Parker, Andrew Golightly, Andrew W. Baggaley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14166

Reaction-diffusion models of invasive tree pest spread: quantifying the spread of oak processionary moth in the UK
UK woodlands, forests, and urban treescapes are under threat from invasive species, exacerbated by climate change, trade, and transport. Invasive tree pests debilitate their host and disrupt forest ecosystems, thus it is imperative to quantitatively model and predict their spread. Addressing this, we represent the spatial distribution of the pest as a population density field which evolves according to a spatiotemporal reaction-diffusion equation. We solve this intractable system of equations n…

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Radioactive Man & Ben Pest:
🎵 Old Tight Selektah
#RadioactiveMan #BenPest
https://radioactiveman.bandcamp.com/album/radioactive-man-ben-pest-old-tight-selektah

Temporally staggered cropping co-benefits beneficial insects and pest control globally
Adrija Datta (Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India), Subramanian Sankaranarayanan (Department of Biological Sciences,Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India), Udit Bhatia (Department of Computer Science,Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian …

Temporally staggered cropping co-benefits beneficial insects and pest control globally
Reconciling increasing food production with biodiversity conservation is critical yet challenging, particularly given global declines in beneficial insects driven by monoculture intensification. Intercropping, the simultaneous or sequential cultivation of multiple crops, has been proposed as a viable strategy to enhance beneficial insect services and suppress pests, yet global evidence regarding optimal spatiotemporal intercropping configurations remains fragmented. Here, we synthesize results …

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Scud:
🎵 Pest
#Scud
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://scudsmells.bandcamp.com/track/pest
https://open.spotify.com/track/7HKXfRPX1mqPmIDiBANWH2

Optimal trap cropping investments to maximize agricultural yield
Matthew H Holden
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05896 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.05896

Optimal trap cropping investments to maximize agricultural yield
Trap cropping is a pest management strategy where a grower plants an attractive "trap crop" alongside the primary crop to divert pests away from it. We propose a simple framework for optimizing the proportion of a grower's field or greenhouse allocated to a main crop and a trap crop to maximize agricultural yield. We implement this framework using a model of pest movement governed by trap crop attractiveness, the potential yield threatened by pests, and functional relationships between yield lo…