Tag: pest
The Japanese beetle, an insect pest, could soon be introduced into France
The agricultural world is on the alert: a new threat should soon hover over France. The Japanese beetle, a danger to hundreds of plant species, could soon be introduced into…
Middle Ages: Plague in 14th Century Wasn’t as Deadly as Thought – Knowledge
Of Jacob Wetzel How deadly was the plague in the Middle Ages? How many people fall victim to an illness is not always easy to clarify, even in the present.…
Ebersberg: A sip from the brainshell against the epidemic – Ebersberg
There are pithy words with which Franz Xaver Hallauer describes the plague in his sermon in Ebersberg on the first Sunday of Advent in 1720, i.e. on December 1st. It…
Worry about pest infestation: Japanese beetles caught for the first time
Status: 23.11.2021 7:14 p.m. Popillia japonica is only about one centimeter long, but it can cause enormous damage in agriculture. That’s why the pretty Japanese beetle is not a popular…
Pest afflicted people 5000 years ago – knowledge
People were infected with the plague pathogen 5000 years ago. Researchers from Kiel identified the genetic material of the Yersinia pestis bacterium in a man who at that time lived…