The IR-4 Project helps bring much-needed pest control tools to specialty crop growers by turning real-world needs into ...

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 ...

A large study shows that warming does not always increase pest insects. About half of insect populations grow while others ...

Pests have always been a challenge for farmers because insects, fungi, bacteria, and rodents cause damage even on plants in natural ecosystems. Their impact in agriculture is of greater consequence ...

You can do everything right early in the season to establish a strong cotton crop, but cotton bollworm pressure in July and ...

Researchers have decoded the genomes of 87 Hypocreales fungi strains, uncovering over 5,000 biosynthetic gene clusters—nearly 80% of which produce unknown compounds. Many of these chemicals show ...

The widespread hypothesis that climate warming will result in unprecedented agricultural pest populations and cause food ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanislaus County supervisors declared a local emergency Tuesday over a pest that threatens to decimate tomato crops. A small ...