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NC State News :: NC State News and Information » Researchers Find Asian Needle Ants Displacing Other Aggressive Invaders

NC State News :: NC State News and Information » Researchers Find Asian Needle Ants Displacing Other Aggressive Invaders | Research from the NC Agricultural Research Service | Scoop.it

Photo of Asian needle ant stinging a termite courtesy of Benoit Guenard.

CALS Research, NCSU's insight:

CALS researchers find that one of the most aggressive invasive ant species in the US, the Argentine ant, appears to have met its match in the Asian needle ant. Former NC State PhD student Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice & Dr. Jules Silverman, Entomology, published their findings in PLoS One:

 

http://scienceblog.com/59643/asian-needle-ants-displacing-other-aggressive-invaders/ ;

 

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056281

 

 

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NC Research Campus adds post-doctoral fellowship - Charlotte Business Journal

NC Research Campus adds post-doctoral fellowship - Charlotte Business Journal | Research from the NC Agricultural Research Service | Scoop.it

CALS' Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) at the NC Research Campus, and the Dole Nutrition Research Lab are partnering on post-doctoral fellowship.

 

New Post-doc, Dr. Scot Neff, will research fruit & vegetable phytochemicals for production of healthy, protein-rich foods. His current research subjects include walnut & banana.

 

In addition to the story linked at the title, you can see a video, here:

http://plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/2012/08/03/phhi-postdoc-jump-starts-campus-collaboration/

 

PHHI web site:

http://plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/

 

 

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