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Cycad Seed Tissue Loaded with Carbohydrates

November 30, 2016

Learning how to make a seed was one of the crucial transitions for the world’s plants. The competitive advantages that seed-producing plants possess has led to their dominance in most contemporary natural habitats. Additionally, the crops that comprise the bulk of today’s human diet are all seed-producing plants. The original plants that learned to make […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Uncategorized, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

Butterfly Mother’s Food Choice for Offspring Changes with Experience

November 22, 2016

Plants communicate with animals using a blend of signals that influence animal behavior. The balance of plant attractants and deterrents partly determine the ultimate level of damage that an animal herbivore imposes on a plant. These intricate communications between the herbivore and the plant support sustainable relationships in their mutual native homelands. However, the ease […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Invasive Insects, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

Non-native Insects Change More Than Native Host Plant Survival

November 4, 2016

When non-native herbivores invade new geographic regions, the consequences can be devastating to the native plants. Epidemic levels of herbivory damage may ensue because the delicate biological interactions that keep everything in balance within the herbivore’s native habitats may be missing in the invaded region. The island of Guam is home to a native cycad […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

Scientists Confront the Threat of a New Type of Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Invading Islands in the Pacific

September 30, 2016

During the XXVth International Congress of Entomology (ICE) in Orlando, Florida (September 25-30, 2016), the largest gathering of its kind ever held, scientists met in a special symposium to find answers to the problem of invasive scarab beetles, damaging species that are spreading around the globe. The meeting was timely, with reports of a new, highly damaging biotype of […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Extension & Outreach News, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

Invasive Tropical Legume Alters Soil Nitrogen Dynamics

September 20, 2016

As global change continues to be studied, the scientific community needs quantitative assessments to inform mitigation decisions and predict outcomes. Because restoration and management plans designed to address global change issues are resource-limited, decision-makers require empirical information to best prioritize. Invasive alien species comprise one of the components of global change that results from the […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Soil Projects, Uncategorized, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

Trifold Brochure Of Greater Banded Hornet

August 30, 2016

Please click on the link in red to download a pdf brochure with information about the greater banded hornet. Vespa tropica

Filed Under: CNAS News, Extension & Outreach News, Invasive Insects, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

And One Root Said To The Other Root, “Don’t I Know You from Somewhere?”

August 17, 2016

The global population of cycad plants is facing increasing threats, but research-driven decisions are rarely achievable for conservationists. The general lack of applied research on cycad plants has been discussed for decades, yet many of the roughly 340 species have never been the subject of ecology or horticulture experimental work. The paucity of empirical information […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

The Greater Banded Hornet Has Found Its Way To Guam

July 28, 2016

A new species of wasp was recently found on Guam and identified by entomologists at the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS), University of Guam as Vespa tropica, also known as the greater banded hornet. These wasps are large and aggressive which make them a possible health hazard to individuals with allergies to bees […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Extension & Outreach News, Invasive Insects, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

Marianas Varroa mites might not carry virus

July 15, 2016

The College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS) at UOG is uncovering some very interesting information about honeybee health in the Marianas. Chris Rosario, research associate with the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center at CNAS has been surveying bees on Guam and in the region as part of the Honeybee Health Survey funded by USDA-APHIS. […]

Filed Under: CNAS News, Extension & Outreach News, Honeybees, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

Coconut Rhino Beetle Bow Tie Trap

July 10, 2016

Filed Under: Western Pacific Tropical Research Center News

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