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Carlos Hernández

Costa Rica alternate General Director National Biodiversity lnstitute (INBIO) Heredia, Costa Rica – Web – Email: claudio@ibb.unesp.br

Cláudio Oliveira

Brazil representative Biosciences Institute Universidade Estadual Paulista São Paulo, Brazil Email: claudio@ibb.unesp.br

New tools for tracking a voracious pest

  – Tracking; the Russian wheat aphid with DNA barcodes – Full story: Barcoding Insects to Control Them (PDF)

Will barcodes find the potato beetle’s archnemesis?

A USDA entomologist is barcoding the gut contents of insect predators to identify the Colorado potato beetle’s worst nightmare. Read more

Philippines adopts barcoding to regulate fish trade

The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute is now using DNA barcoding to promote food safety and crack down on seafood fraud. Read more

Barcoding Insects to Control Them

  – Barcoding Insects to Control Them (PDF) – Web version

40 new reptile species found on Madagascar

A major DNA barcode study of Madagascar reptiles has uncovered 40 new species of snakes, skinks, chameleons and geckos. Read more

40 new reptile species found on Madagascar

- 40 new reptile species – PLoS One paper

Philippines adopts DNA barcoding for fish species

  – Philippines adopts DNA barcoding in fish species

QBOL EPPO Conference on DNA barcoding and diagnostic methods for plant pests

Haarlem, NL A joint conference on plant pest DNA barcoding and diagnostic methods for plant pests will be organized by QBOL (Quarantine Organisms Barcode of Life) and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) from May 21-25 in Haarlem, Netherlands. QBOL is a three-year project (2009-2012) funded under the 7th Framework Program of the [...]