insects
Buntata Web: easy identification of potato pests and diseases on any device (News)
The James Hutton Institute's Information and Computational Sciences group have announced a web version of Buntata, the free mobile application launched last year to help potato growers identify plant pests and diseases in the ... Read more
October 31, 2018
Craigiebuckler Autumnwatch (Event)
Join the staff at the James Hutton Institute as they bring to life the activities of the creatures great and small that make their home within the grounds of Craigiebuckler. A week of free events providing a window on the ... Read more
Scientists and experts team up for new Plant Health Centre (News)
More than 60 experts and stakeholders from the diverse worlds of forestry, horticulture, the environment and agriculture gathered at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to hear about the aims and vision of a new virtual Plant Healt ... Read more
May 23, 2018
New version of Buntata mobile app announced (News)
The James Hutton Institute's Information and Computational Sciences group has announced a new version of Buntata, a free Android app to help potato growers identify plant pests and diseases in the field. Produced with suppor ... Read more
April 27, 2018
Open Farm Sunday 2018: New Venue! (Event)
Come and spend a fun family day at Glensaugh Farm! The Institute will be taking part in Open Farm Sunday 2018 on 10 June. ... Read more
Open Farm Sunday 2017 (Event)
Come and spend a fun family day on the farm! ... Read more
First Scottish sighting of velvet ants in three decades (News)
Specimens of Mutilla europaea, a rare species of parasitoid wasp commonly known as ‘velvet ants’ because of their distinctive appearance and similarity of females to ants, have been sighted in Scotland for the first ti ... Read more
March 23, 2017
SSCR Soft Fruit Winter Meeting 16 February 2017 (Event)
The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) is holding their Soft Fruit Winter Meeting at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie. The event is open to anyone in the soft fruit industry and other interested parties. Lunch and re ... Read more
The march of the Harlequin Ladybird (Event)
Katie Murray, of The University of Stirling, will deliver this Aberdeen Entomological Club seminar entitled: The march of the harlequin ladybird. It will be held at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen. The harlequin ladybird ... Read more
Biodiversity begins with a Bee – North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership’s Invertebrate Work (Event)
Rose Toney will deliver this Aberdeen Entomological Club seminar entitled: Biodiversity begins with a Bee – North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership’s Invertebrate Work. It will be held at the James Hutton Institut ... Read more
Honeybee health: a mitey problem (Event)
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International Conference on Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera (Event)
The 2015 Joint Meeting of the XIV International Conference on Ephemeroptera and XVIII International Symposia on Plecoptera will take place in Aberdeen from 31 May - 5 June 2015. It will be delivered by a partnership formed betwe ... Read more
East of Scotland field campaign 2014 (Research Page)
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The Atlantic Maritime Croplands – sustainability and environment (Research Page)
A case study on sustainable agriculture and the environment at the James Hutton Institute ... Read more
Potential impact of ash dieback on UK wildlife (News)
A scientific report published today has explored what might happen if Chalara infection and associated ash dieback led to widespread death of nearly all ash trees within the UK. It reports that it is likely that there would be a h ... Read more
January 31, 2014
New Zealand flatworm (Research Page)
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Bacterial endosymbionts and beneficial insects (Research Page)
A promising area for managing insect pests is through improved understanding of the importance of microbes associated with insects. Many insect species rely on symbiotic bacteria for their survival and these ‘hidden players& ... Read more
Tales from the riverbank; riparian beetles and land use change (Event)
Dr Jenni Stockan of the James Hutton Institute will give this talk "Tales from the riverbank; riparian beetles and land use change" to the Aberdeen Entomological Club at the Aberdeen site of the James Hutton Institute. ... Read more
Protection of invertebrates – the law, protected sites and protective policies (Event)
Alistair Watson of the British Arachnological Society will speak on "Protection of invertebrates – the law, protected sites and protective policies" in this Aberdeen Entomological Club talk at the Aberdeen site of ... Read more
Ticks: issues and changes (Event)
"Ticks – issues and changes" will be the topic for this Aberdeen Entomological Club talk at the Aberdeen site of the James Hutton Institute to be given by Dr Lucy Gilbert of the James Hutton Institute. ... Read more
Breeding behaviour of the Ghost Moth and Gold Swift (Event)
Nick Picozzi will give this Aberdeen Entomological Club talk at the Aberdeen site of the James Hutton Institute. It will have the title "Breeding behaviour of the Ghost Moth and Gold Swift". ... Read more
Collecting beetles: a practical guide (Event)
Gabor Pozsgai of the James Hutton Institute, will give this Aberdeen Entomological Club talk at the Aberdeen site of the James Hutton Institute. ... Read more
Research on ticks and tick-borne diseases (Research Page)
Ixodes ricinus ticks are the most important vector of disease-causing pathogens in Europe. They have been increasing in Britain in recent decades and are of particular concern because they transmit Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the a ... Read more
The nutritional carrying capacity of Scots pine woods for Capercaillie (Research Page)
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Molecular ecology of peach-potato aphid (Research Page)
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Virus vector aphid ecology and epidemiology in the potato crop (Research Page)
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