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A New Paper-based Test for the Zika Virus: Inexpensive Device Can Diagnose Zika in Just a Few Hours (May 6, 2016)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT News.

AIS in Minnesota - Asian Carp

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

See also: Asian carp research

AIS in Minnesota - Curlyleaf Pondweed

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

See also: Curlyleaf pondweed research

AIS in Minnesota - Eurasian and Hybrid Watermilfoil

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

See also: Eurasian watermilfoil research

AIS in Minnesota - Research at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

AIS in Minnesota - Spiny Waterflea

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

See also: Spiny water flea research

AIS in Minnesota - Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

See also: VHS research

AIS in Minnesota - Zebra Mussels

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

See also: Zebra mussels research

Center for Invasive Species Research

University of California - Riverside.

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences - Weed Science
Oklahoma State University.
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Wyoming. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Entomology and Plant Pathology

Oklahoma State University. Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Honey Bee Research and Information
University of California - Riverside. Entomology.
Invasive Cactus Moth Likely to Spread and Destroy Native Prickly Pear (Oct 28, 2020)

University of Texas at Austin.

The cactus moth has a wingspan of only about an inch, but this invasive insect has the potential to cause largescale agricultural and ecological devastation in Texas, according to the first study of cactus moths in Texas. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Invasive Species Project based at Brackenridge Field Laboratory in Austin have found that four native species of prickly pear cactus — and the species that rely on them — face a serious health threat from the moth.

Mangold Lab: Invasive Plant Ecology and Management
Montana State University. Extension Service.
Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center
University of Minnesota.
Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research center - 2020 Research Report (2020)

University of Minnesota. Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

It has been a wild year with lots of challenges, but MAISRC is still here and working as hard as ever to develop research-based solutions to reduce the impacts of aquatic invasive species in Minnesota. MAISRC hopes the research highlights included in the report will surprise, inspire, and give you hope.

Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center
University of Minnesota.
NDSU Weed Science
North Dakota State University.
New Lab Opens at Cornell for Golden Nematode Research (Aug 1, 2019)

Cornell University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

For the last seven decades, Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) has been leading the fight against nematodes—invasive, microscopic worms that can destroy seasons' worth of crops. However, researchers had been working in a facility that lacked the infrastructure to keep pace with their innovative work. On August 1, 2019, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from New York State and another $400,000 in federal funding, CALS cut the ribbon on the new Golden Nematode Quarantine Facility, located on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, NY. The facility is the only research program in North America with expertise in biology, resistance breeding and management of potato-cyst nematodes. At the lab, Cornell scientists work in tandem with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS).