Farmers looking to gain the upper hand over corn rootworm (CRW) pests have new tools to deploy in the field, thanks to Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technology. RNAi works in CRW as it feeds on ...
Sticky traps can be part of an adult scouting program, but visual counts on plants are often just as effective when done consistently. Monitoring soybean fields for rotation-adapted western corn ...
This is bad news for some farmers in the Eastern Corn Belt, who use crop rotations between soybeans and corn to control the pest. Because the new variant thrives in soybean fields, it increases the ...
Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) scientist Ana Maria Vélez is pioneering a genetic treatment to contain western corn rootworm. The research seeks to contain agricultural pests by targeting ...
Corn rootworm is rearing its tiny head in abundance in a growing number of corn fields in the Corn Belt, according to experts in the field. University of Minnesota Extension corn entomologist Fei Yang ...
If you know anything about raising crops, you know that insects and weeds constantly evolve and build resistance to existing methods of controlling them Now, new research targets the western corn ...
Colorado State Extension agents are collaborating with corn breeders to evaluate corn fields for western corn rootworm damage this summer. Extension agents Ron Meyer, Wilma Trujillo, Alan Helm and ...
AMES, Iowa – A researcher at Iowa State University is urging Iowa farmers to adopt a diverse range of pest management tactics to suppress the resistance of western corn rootworm to Bt corn, a widely ...
NASHUA, Iowa — Corn rootworm is often called "the billion dollar pest." "It may be even more," Ram Shrestha, an Iowa State University post doctoral entomology research associate, said at the Northeast ...
Free Scouting Tools and Expert Guidance Help Farmers Tackle One of Corn’s Costliest Pests ST. LOUIS, May 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corn rootworm remains one of the most damaging pests in U.S. corn ...
NASHUA, Iowa -Western corn rootworms in northeast Iowa have shown resistance to the Cry3Bb1 strain of Bacillus thuringiensis found in the YieldGard rootworm corn trait. Aaron Gassmann, Iowa State ...
One of agricultural biotechnology's great success stories may become a cautionary tale of how short-sighted mismanagement can squander the benefits of genetic modification. After years of predicting ...
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