{
  "id": 19329850,
  "title": "Researchers launch all-out assault on sawflies damaging wheat crops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/researchers-launch-all-out-assault-on-sawflies-damaging-wheat-crops",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-10T12:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-assault-sawflies-wheat-crops.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Colorado wheat—the foundation for flour used in bread, noodles and pastries—has been besieged by the wheat stem sawfly, a native insect that recently developed a preference for wheat over native grasses. This destructive agricultural pest has spread across the state's Eastern Plains, devastating fields where it takes hold and causing $70 million in direct and indirect losses a year to one of…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}