Growers in Kansas have detected corn leafhoppers in fields across the state, said Kansas State University plant pathologist Rodrigo Onofre, noting they transmit a devastating pathogen called corn ...

Photography by Soff Garavano Puw (@soff_garavano) It arrived in Florida in late 2024, and the whole ecosystem changed. An ...

Q: Help! There are some little brownish insects appearing on the outside of my windows, on the ceiling of my porch and even inside my kitchen. They seem to be attracted to light. They fly, but they ...

In the last week, leafhoppers have invaded our house both inside and out. Suddenly I’m seeing dozens of brown wedge-shaped insects crawling all over my windows and screens. They are even on the ...

To test this hypothesis, the scientists produced different transgenic tobacco lines and used them in field experiments. In six lines, the expression of specific enzymes involved in jasmonate ...

Stanislaus County supervisors declared a local emergency Tuesday over a pest that threatens to decimate tomato crops. A small insect called the beet leafhopper feeds on tomato plants and spreads a ...

Question: We bought a small vineyard and have noticed that the whitish-yellow speckles and blotches on our grapevine leaves are looking worse and worse. Barb B., Placitas Answer: I had the pleasure of ...

The Corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis has become a serious problem for farmers. This tiny insect is now widely distributed in the Americas, from the south of the United States to the north of Argentina.

The reed leafhopper (Pentastiridius leporinus) was originally a specialist, limited exclusively to reed grass as a food source. Within a few years, however, it developed into a dangerous pest that ...

Scattered infestations of alfalfa weevils and potato leafhoppers have been reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin, says Lee Milligan, Extension educator in St. Croix County, Wis. Infestations are on a ...

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 ...