India’s Aditya-L1 captures an unprecedented solar flare, IISc researchers unlock gene activation with mini proteins in yeast, ...

The African maize stem borer, Busseola fusca, is one of the most important pests of maize in Africa. Cry1Ab maize was planted commercially in South Africa for 6 years since 1998-1999 before field ...

A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in ...

Punjab is introducing a new hybrid maize variety, PMH 17, offering high yields, suitability for ethanol production, and pest ...

The use of a strip-till cultivator has halved the number of maize establishment passes and more than doubled work rate at a ...

Goss’s wilt and leaf blight is caused by clavibacter nebraskensis, a bacterium named after Nebraska, where the disease was ...

Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian announced the introduction of a new hybrid high-yield maize variety, ...

In Benin, the fall armyworm has devastated thousands of hectares of maize. Farmers have been turning to technology to detect the insects early enough to manage them.

Widespread use of genetically engineered Bt maize, designed to combat rootworm pests, has led to overplanting and pest resistance, jeopardizing the crop’s long-term effectiveness, according to a ...

Local farmers were told that the seeds would produce up to 4 tonnes per acre, but the yields were far lower, raising ...

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a destructive pest native to tropical and subtropical regions ...