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Lukas Bächlin

  • May 26

    Tiny tomato rust mites threaten German crops as researchers turn to predatory mites for organic solution

    Tomato rust mites, invisible to the naked eye and capable of explosive population growth, are devastating greenhouse and open-field crops across Baden-Württemberg. With no effective organic controls available, scientists are now testing two native predatory mite species as a potential biological shield.

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Hormuz burns, Burnham arrives

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The Gulf again set the pace for markets and governments, as US strikes on Iran entered a ninth night and tanker traffic through Hormuz thinned. In Britain, Andy Burnham took over a restless Downing Street, while Europe tightened its grip on Chinese commerce and China pressed harder in artificial intelligence.

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