Farming Online: New insect genome database to boost nature friendly pest control

Farming Online: New insect genome database to boost nature friendly pest control. “A new database of 19 insect genomes encompassing some of the most damaging pests of crops worldwide has been made publicly available. It includes some of the most common pest threats faced by UK farmers including wireworm, cabbage stem flea beetle and pollen beetle, as well as other globally important species.”