Harmful insect pests can cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage to food and livestock and transmit diseases such as malaria or the Zika virus. Finding ways to effectively control these insect ...

The use of entomopathogenic fungi in insect pest management represents a promising and ecologically sustainable approach. These fungi, notably Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium spp., naturally infect ...

The Insect Pest Control Subprogramme of the Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture plays a key role in the dissemination of nuclear and related technology information ...

Feeding the growing global population is a perpetual challenge. Some insects, other arthropods and nematodes can devastate crops, while others are valuable natural enemies of these pests. Contemporary ...

Crop farmers, agronomists and others who scout crops for insect injury can gain new insight through the latest version of Field Crop Insects. First published in 2012, the latest edition became ...

image: Drones keep getting smaller, while their potential applications keep getting bigger. And now unmanned aircraft systems are taking on some of the world's biggest small problems: insect pests.

Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — About 89.5 million acres of soybeans will be planted across the United States in 2017 — a record high, according to the USDA. Research published in the April 2017 issue of Pest ...

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ (PIA) — The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) recommends effective insect pest management in the rice fields. This is in line with the agency’s PalayCheck System, ...

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing substantial yield losses ...