Scouting is a critical component of integrated pest management for soybeans — you need to know which pests are present to effectively manage them. Careful scouting for pests — both harmful and ...
Economic thresholds are one of the most trusted tools in insect management. They help growers decide when pest populations justify treatment before economic injury occurs. The concept is foundational ...
Learn the difference between harmful and beneficial pests to help boost soil biology in conservation cropping systems.
The researchers studied the Lygus bug, a common cotton pest in California. (Scott Loarie/ iNaturalist) Insect infestations pose danger to humans by destroying crops, spreading disease, and damaging ...
(Beyond Pesticides, November 2, 2021) Cover crops create habitat that draw in pest predators and help mitigate crop injury, finds research published in the journals Agroecosystems and Biological ...
Invasive insect species bring a host of health, social, ecological and economic consequences, including crop damage, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem disruption, human disease ...
Nematodes — The University of Delaware no longer offers an open nematode assay service. Aphids In the fall, examine 1 linear foot of row in 10 sites; estimate the number of aphids per foot of row ...
Most people retreat at the sight of a wasp, yet University of Florida researchers’ discovery of two newly identified tiny ...
Kansas State University Research and Extension, NW Region Extension counties and districts are hosting two Crop Pest Management Schools, Dec. 5, in Colby at the City Limits Convention Center and Dec.