Big pest, small genome
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 17:31
in Biology & Nature
Scanning electron microscope image of a two-spotted spider mite, which is less than one millimeter long. A University of Utah biologist and an international research team decoded the genetic blueprint of the two-spotted spider mite, raising hope for new ways to attack the major pest, which resists pesticides and destroys crops and ornamental plants worldwide.