Five major soil insects can be found in corn fields: seed corn maggot, white grubs, wireworms, cutworms and rootworms. Corn rootworm populations have increased in continuous corn production areas of ...

The combination of a mild winter and spring windstorms coupled with farmers’ cultural practices are creating the potential for increased insect pressure in corn this season. Though no alarms are ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Journal of the New York Entomological So... Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol. 9, No. 3, Sep., 1901 The Southern Corn-Leaf Beetle: A New ...

Entomologist: Person who studies insects. European corn borer: Stem-boring insect native to Europe that was accidently introduced into North America in the first decade of the 20th century.

Now is a good time to go back and look at those early planted emerged corn fields for potential insect damage according to Bruce Potter, University of Minnesota integrated pest management ...

Sugar, corn syrup, salt, sesame oil ... According to Treehugger, a sustainability publication, female lac bugs suck sap from tree bark as they lay more than 1,000 eggs over a five-week period.

E. Smith), are presented to illustrate the potential of manipulating plant diversity within crop systems to provide additional safeguards against pest insects. Measurements have been made on FAW ...

Bt (bacillus thuringiensis) corn is a critical technology for many farmers to protect fields against insects. Refuge helps preserve the benefits of Bt technology, according to Take Action ...

For more than 20 years, farmers across the globe have been planting crops, including corn, cotton, and soybeans, that have been genetically modified to express insecticide genes from the bacterium ...

c. Gone up on some but no change on others. d. Gone down on some crops but there is little or no change on others. e. Not changed. 3. Will insects develop resistance to the toxins produced in Bt corn?