The food industry needs to be able to identify potentially harmful pests quickly and inexpensively. So when University of Guelph researcher Megan Milton found a tiny, dead caterpillar in her pistachios, she reached for a new device called LifeScanner that does just that. Developed at the University of Guelph’s Centre for Biodiversity, it holds identification data for more than 200,000 species, and can be a powerful pest management tool for industry. Read more …
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