This week on tomorrow today Dw Science Program and on the 2nd thing seen this, somebody in a switch town not saw from zurich, people in protective gaps striding through and then not meant gotten spring insecticide. The goal is to wipe out to any japanese beetles as fast as possible. The authorities think that a small population estimated it between a 100 and a 1000. Insects has established that the 1st time an infestation of this size is a cut most of the out sofa. And the single beetles have been detected. Officials immediately sounded the alarm and started doing Everything Possible to stump out the pest completely. Because one thing is clear. Concert hall part of europe is watching close to understand that and everyone is keen to see whether we manage to eradicate them. Besides, the situation is not just very important for switzerland, but also internation really is to be cool, isnt strong tia its long term spread throughout europe, crows much more likely and that could have drastic consequences. So agriculture that future scenario is already reality in northern italy. For years the japanese beetle has been eating its way through the regions. Vineyards. La co may not, you is vinyati is regularly infested. The wine making has to pick the beatles of his vines one at a time and never ending task bus. Its the only way to save, at least the cost of his harvest fee on my side separate or its frustrating, but you just have to do a quarter can use an equation and its much more frustrating when you see them eating up the buying giovanni bows. You and a colleague from the countries agricultural office, the trying to get the japanese beetle under control in the last few years, populations that the past have exploded. And that causing serious damage. That because the spread of the japanese beetle is a huge problem for a range of crop to send me that the hearts of them arrive and start eating the leaving mice, the damage they cause severe months out. I look for you think its not really the following. Are the plans if we get you on a the piano. In the early 20th century, the japanese be told was 1st introduced from its native country to the us and soon spread to canada. In the us, the loan that causes several 100000000. 00 in crop damage annually. And then in the early 19 seventys the insect to meet the lead to europe. At 1st, im the to the azores versus eventually reached mainland to europe in 2014, in northern italy. Its established quickly and multiplied exclusively in 2017 the b to also spread to switzerland. For a long time, it was found only in the southern count on us to chino, the outs form a natural barrier that prevented further spray. And until recently, at least when they were also found north of the range, because the beautiful population appears small and fine selected those, the aspects, hope it can be white house thats no longer a possibility south of the outs into chino or northern italy. Tim hi is an invasive pests specialist at the copy, an International Nonprofit research and relocate sites. There are about 12000000 between lobby in the soil and this paul colored directly. What does this notice . And thats a Huge Population for this tiny area alone. And then of course, it poses a problem for agriculture and the environment here with such Huge Populations eradication is no longer an option. But containment might be in his lab. Tim hi, is that for looking for ways to keep the beetle in check. One method involves a parasitic flight. The principle is simple. The fly lays its eggs from the beatles back. Lovely developing them in just 24 hours. The 1st law, but the hatch quickly bows into the body of the beetle and proceeds to devour it from the inside. Then p pates and eventually images as an adult find the following spring. Only one slide develops pub beetle. But there is still many open questions like whether the fly only powers. The ties is japanese. Beetles such as at the english Gate Institute have made more progress. They are also looking for effective biological ways to combat the invasive and special fungus session promise. As a weapon, its being intensively tested on the quarantine conditions. The original plan was to infect the navi, with the fungus ive seen here in time lapse footage of the research has tested what happens, a lot of the, the winter in an experimental field, seated with the fungus. When spring came, they monitored whether it has an impact on the japanese be told population. The fungus can decimate the pests close relatives, ladybugs, and june bugs. But the results with the japanese beetle but disappointing. The fungus have little effect on its navi is lots of them. Yes. Fantastic. Unfortunately, japanese diesel loved am much more robust than native b, like maybe bucks in june. But let me say spell it us. We found that a fungal schools we used just didnt have the effect we would have, like i said. So for now, the research focuses back on adult insects. Scientists have sprayed leaves with fungal schools and put them in containers with beatles. They dont even have to eat kids. Simple contact is enough. Fungal, suppose grow into the insect and kids in a few days. B, s for this or dot the tv. Its the 1st results weve seen from the lab or very encourage you to get seen those. The key for you. We solve it practically 100 percent of the beatles can be killed by these phone guy in just a few days said throughout the cronum. So were feeling quite positive. This up seemed vague, at least samples that youve had. Of course were now looking at how we can build on this success and, and via the how we can get the method out in the field, us and into practice. Thats file and the due process emails. Field trials already underway. It will still take some time. However, before the 1st results are available. Its debatable whether the japanese be to can actually be kept out of Northern Europe forever. Climate change models indicate large parts of the continent could soon offer the conditions it needs to thrive. Dinosaurs admitted their fair share of Greenhouse Gases. One theory even holds that that might have contributed to their demise. The animals weve domesticated also produced plenty of gases that are bad for the climate. Life stuck farming makes up a significant portion of human induced emissions. To change that, we would need to cut down on the number of animals we raise for food or possibly make the ones we have less destructive. Researchers in new zealand are interested in the sheet because of their digestive gas, and some will spend an hour today an experimental chambers at the inver Cargo Research farm. The method reveals which animals excel lots of the climate damage and gas me thing and which for about less of it, scientist susanne rile, explains that 90 percent of Greenhouse Gas emissions come from an animals mouth not at the rear end. So im taking a sample of a break in the volume of the and im using this to give you time, which means the units of the compared to the contemporaries. And i can use that to run on the individually because some of them also meant that be slightly differently and they give the others. So what were looking for those low, low emissions in those low emitters, in bread with one another row has been pursuing the odor intensive program for 11 years after 3 generations for flock now and sales, 13 percent less, methane gas. Then at the start of the experiment may say we can make a difference. We can make a difference quickly. If we lower the amount of me sitting in the environment, we can very quickly have an impact. Was if we lower the amount of copy i dont fucking the environment, were having a massive impact in the long term. The short term impact. We werent see as much. So its, its a real opportunity for, for the launch stuff industry to make a really about an hour away from the research station is leon blacks farm. Hes a 4th generation chief farmer. Black is one of the 1st to put the scientists principles into practice. He breed, sheep that have better breath 11. But in the process you cant forget. The bottom line is animals still need to produce plenty of meat. And well, the heart was always said if you had a more efficient room and a more to that, put the units and just say as low as home, no more will all makes. And that look for you to tie, sorry, were selecting animals that utilize feed data. Dont put out, be fine. Um and put more into josh. Its going to like the when, when search win win, situations are urgently needed in news events, which is determine to become climate neutral by 2050 to its government has now investing millions and the development of new technologies for agriculture. Like here at the Palmerston North campus. New wedlock has been working for 15 years on another promising project, a vaccine against me thing gases in animals, one that would work in towels as well as cheap. So i have been working on for quite some that some time, but we are making good progress. We say the showing that you can vaccinate animals and they can produce anti bodies against them, advantage and some of the saliva. Weve done some studies that show they produce enough anti bodies to see it relatively coach, all of them assignments in the room and but former Prime Minister just send a order and didnt want to wait for a new anti birth injection and decided to take on farmers to achieve climate goals per party wanted methane gas admitted by cows and sheep to drop by up to 47 percent by 2050. To push that agenda. Farmers are supposed to pay an emissions tax starting in 2025, a world 1st. A proposal as it stands means these humans from is a seat to be the 1st in the world to reduce agricultural emissions. Positioning, a biggest export market to the competitive advantage that brings in a world increasingly discerning about the provenance of the 1st. But not everyone is on board with a governments idea. There are been protest. Many farmers fee or the extra costs will hit the countries agriculture industry to hard hits. New zealand is main export sector. But the sheep farmer, leon black, g 2, is angered by the governments plans and thinks the tax is unfair. Even his clean turbo sheet emit too much to exempt him from it. Many sheet farmers would have no choice but to reduce the size of their flocks and hurts. Even though Animal Husbandry in new zealand is already among the most environmentally friendly in the world. I believe theres more guides to my that way. The 11th is what i know. I think its really unrealistic for government decide 40 or 50 the same. Its just magic very, very disappointed. I like thoughts not strange on the experimental farm. The testing is over for the day that the scientist susanne ro understands the farmers concerns. But she also sees the potential in her super she and she believes that new zealand could become a Global Pioneer in the industry. We dont really know how far we can go. We, we know the, in the, in, in these folks were going very quickly. But if we apply that to our normal breathing floor, then were seeing a sort of 2 to 3 percent drugs per year. So were seeing a considerable difference and what has already worked for new zealand sheep is now to be tested in other domesticated species. Next on the list, reading low and meeting cows youd never consume this intentionally, but we do it. Unaware. Studies have found we ingest around 5 grams of micro plastic every week. The equivalent by weight of a credit card. The super fine particles are now everywhere in the air. We breathe. The water we drink, the food we micro plastics are in the soil too. Of course, and fertilizers add more all the time. But can they also migrate from there . Into plants. Visible retreat is all about food safety. My life had us and it would save him. We know that there was a lot of micro plastic in the soil in the environment to publish. And in this project we are investigating different uptake pathways or from the one of the mystery, the route, and then into the leaves. If tiny plastic particles them in the water, all soil tons might absorb and to find out which factors could influence uptake. The research has here simulate processes in the lab using pock choice evenings have are given via dum nano to do. So we bought nano and micro pass suspended in most a in the pronouncement. Couldnt be to then later we can detect deposit closer to that on the distribution and the plants lie or died. Thats attached to the base costs. It goes with the for title into atlanta, now lies under the microscope. The died microphone stakes lights up red as expected, the pipe toy seedlings of absorbed particles through the roots offended up dell. Disaster absorption. These red dots or this reddish mirror, is also found in the rest of the room. All that means its not only absorbed somewhere and then sticks there. Its also somehow being transported inside the plant and we dont know how that happens. Yeah. But the plastic finds ways from the route area to other areas of the plans in both supervisor and the vice tomatoes, asparagus radishes, and older plans to expand and did with some foam, the 2 scientists have been able to detect plastic residues. But even root this organisms are susceptible a neighboring nevada tree house is the largest collection of snow allergy in the world. Except for about 5. 00. For that, ive picked out 2 that are a bit interesting from a food perspective on. One is calling realize its a single celled green algae sold in health food stores. So thats the reference to food. Then theres po jacqueline, which is the diet tom that produces valuable omega 3 fatty acids. The o g o key to the Research Project problem. And i thought we need a simple system to start out with on our experiments. I had a single cell. Algae is easier to work with in a complex plant or tree. Obviously its much easier to try many things out on such a relatively primitive system. It as long as there are some species of algae that seem to take up plastic very well. Why dont appear to have no problem with absorbed or micro plastic particles in terms of appearance and growth. We dont see any differences. Thats why the selected algy are pretty interesting because theyre different species from different branches of the evolutionary tree. And thats an old mission by so it says unable them on is using a mass spectrometer to investigate the precise effects of plastic particles uptake on organisms. The instruments analyze is the exact mass of various molecular constituents if the micro caustics cause even the smallest anomalies, they can be detected home. So im not supposed to, so we have the fact indications that some compounds of presidency and lower concentrations, others in higher concentrations shown on these include secondary plan to compound x, which bounce normally produced to protect themselves in so far, they help protect it from lights or attack by insects in the researches on to efficiently create particles like those that come from ty away the use of greenhouse plastics or garbage and the modem. Well, theres no shortage associates. Im like for plastics. No one wants caustic in the food, but how much home is consumption actually due to us humans, chicago versus in canada and for i would love to be able to monitor that question. And i hope we can do so in the future. Couldnt video the 6 months as of now we still come to assess the risk to the plant itself or to the consumers or animals that eat these pounds, crystal no fish option. Seals and the goal is to ensure no plastic ends up on our plates in the 1st place in the future. The researches want to work on ways to remove it from contaminated organisms. Until then i would find it straightforward via restaurant. It would probably be best to avoid nano in might quite plastics not would have many Positive Side effects. So those people on the environment. But plastic use is on the right. As this, its important tree consumption, buying food, clean Drinking Water is scarce in many places on earth. The drive to tap new sources has let us to drill ever deeper wells. In some places, vol. Collection is an option and Others Energy intensive dissemination plants turn see water. Fresh purification systems are elaborate and expensive to operate. But does all the water we consume have to be the same . High quality, for instance, does water used to irrigate, feels have to be as clean as tap water. So 1st bounce this field of feed. Colin looks much like any other thoughts. Its actually an irrigation experiment that could pioneer war 2, recycling methods in gemini and elsewhere. And its treated wastewater is being used in agriculture as yet, unknown practice for jim and thomas. But one that could soon be vital for the region south of funding. The soil here has become particularly dry in my cups, kate, and there was no significant rain fall in may. Again, were now already assuming 20 percent crump losses or most of may all the way up until the middle of june. So 6 weeks and all it was far too dry. Nico hood, as pumps must have water, it to naples, growth and stability, nutrient transport and photo synthesis. The last few days of june, at least so some rain. But the pharma comp, really easy when it around gets dry, it gets hard. That means the long dry spell is still visible and hes coating plants rates using the filter back here you can see this plants root system, but its clearly too small that in the lateral roads here should already be longer and penetrate deeper. And the teaser we keep talking, id say the soil is compact due to the dry spell continue. This corn plant couldnt send roots deep enough to reach the water below. Thats why its much smaller yard. The reason is planning a regular watering would be too expensive. Well, ground water was this gas results in the region, but theres plenty of readily available water nearby in the sewage plants next to me covered as cornfield via um yup. Well talk. We discharge up to 1100 cubic meters of treated gray water into the black else the river every day as well. So thats water thats removed from the region. The natural waterside color as low as daily going into grey will say, is treated wastewater, but no said drinking quality. Its long. Been used for irrigation in southern europe, so nothing gemini back could soon change a new e. U regulation with uniform rules went into force at the end of june. All Sewage Treatment counts in the block that comply and now allowed to divert war to agriculture. Or the project to you is the 1st in gemini lava degree rotate constantly be sprayed onto the fields as it is because all the pathogens that are currently present in the population are also still pump. The reflected on the Water Treatment plant can get a low town, but not everything. And we dont want to spread these pathogens onto crops and farm land. In the future, however, just 2 sides of the plants, gray water will flow into the nearby with a wet gems. Is sufficiently diluted, the remains that will be pumped through, especially installed u. V. System here called us fossil. The grey will take for another treatment problem to rice here. So it passes you the reactive and then exits. Here comes on. And as i go to the field with in this big, big low of the use, the light kills pathogens that the great will to, is still not completely purified. Most knocked out with individual drug residues can be left a value of the disinfection because not all of them are affected by ultra vine at night. And we can still measure those in the field of 2. Its that 1st let the water flow. The trial area covers 12 hacked has in total old planted with feed cone. If you have asked me, then you have some time for the event will youre a gate, but 1st part is all they need. The 2nd field will receive less because we want to have a comparison to see how much water we need to get a good harvest yet. Whats the and, and the last field is our reference on this. So it wont be irritated at all involved. And thats, thats the threes, as well say, make it easier to compare pollutants levels because the new e u regulations require a Risk Management plan several times a month. Officials from the gym and Environment Agency come to take samples of gray water ground water pumps and soil home inst. Cuz im fishing who we analyze a total of between a 120. 00 and a 140. 00 parameters within the context of irrigation water, soil. And so onto the list is quite long, ill try it ranges from household products and pharmaceuticals to pesticides. So its not such whats limiting. Residue use in grave or to die looted significantly off to its discharged into rivers. Could regularly irrigating crops with it, caused them to build up in the soil. Does it touch this is the, the real question which was whether or not these trace substances accumulate in the soil over time, or in ways that can harm health or the environment shock. And kind of with any stuff we dont know yet, it is. And we assume that the tests will have to be carried out a year for several years just like before. We do know whether such an accumulation of pollutants or look are in the soil or not to that mission of to being harvested. The cooling will also be tested for contamination. So thatll take time. But its quicker to assess how much irrigation helped clumps during the dry spell. Niko fluid is satisfied. A city irrigated coal and root looks much healthier than its normally regulated, counts upon it. My name didnt contrast to the other on irrigated plants, it has a much better ball of fine roots divided. The soil adheres to it, so the plant can optimally supply itself with water and nutrients are going with a Risk Management plan that adheres to e. U regulations. Every Sewage Treatment counts could potentially die, but gray with us, the agriculture in gemini alone. The potential is huge. The countries, 10000 Sewage Treatment plans treat about 10000000 cubic meters of wasteful to pay. Yeah. As its research that could address a worldwide problem. Thats it. 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