Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular ...

The humble mite, a tiny invertebrate that typically lives in small chambers on the underside of leaves, plays a mighty role in defending its host plant from invaders. A University of Michigan ...

Whether you’re enjoying sushi, feeding your baby rice cereal or indulging in a rice pudding, it’s easy to see why rice is one of the most popular staples around the world. But emerging ...

Waking up with itchy eyelids might seem like a typical allergy symptom, but it could also be a sign of eye mites. Eye mites, or Demodex, are microscopic organisms that live at the base of your ...

A rice cooker frees up your attention to do the rest of your food prep instead of babying your grains or abandoning them to a crispy, crunchy fate. I tested several options to find the best rice ...

Mites can stow away on ships ... We wouldn’t starve without them: corn, wheat and rice, for instance, are pollinated by wind. But fruits and nuts, as well as vegetables such as broccoli ...

Herein, the contribution of MITEs in regulating space-mutagenic phenotypes was explored. Methods: The space-mutagenic phenotype changes in the F3 to F5 generations of three space-mutagenic lines from ...

Rice grain grows on branch-like spikes that arch over ... Fleece is placed over the seedlings if spider mites are known to be present in the glasshouse as young seedlings are particularly prone to ...

The similarity between the water ‘mite assemblages in local water bodies and in irrigated rice areas can be a way to measure the water conditions, enabling an assessment of the anthropic impact in the ...

These mites, also known as Pyemotes herfsi, have been previously confirmed to attack and feed on periodical cicada egg nests and can also cause an outbreak of bite rashes on humans, according to ...