Transgenic corn's suppression of the European corn borer has saved Midwest farmers billions of dollars in the past decade, reports a new study in Science. Transgenic corn's suppression of the European ...

We anticipate that the wet weather we have been experiencing will have impact on populations and damage of some insect pests including sunflower stem weevil and grasshopper. However, pest monitoring ...

European corn borer moths have begun to emerge and lay second generation eggs in some of the pheromone trap locations in northeastern Colorado. Second generation flight can last for four weeks. Damage ...

Farmers who need to control the destructive European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) may soon be able to distinguish it from look-alike species by simply scanning an image of its wing into a computer ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A major corn-destroying pest was a minor nuisance in Indiana this year. The European corn borer, a wormlike insect that tunnels through cornstalks and chews leaves, tassels and ...

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The same defenses that help some varieties of sweet corn resist fungal diseases can also stymie the potency of a beneficial fungus used to kill hungry caterpillar pests, studies by Agricultural ...

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