New pests are emerging as serious threats to vegetable crops, requiring growers to adapt their pest management strategies.
Offering farmers more seed choices also would help reduce Bt overuse, researchers said. Bt traits targeting insect pests such ...
Corn rootworm is one of the most devastating crop pests. Syngenta U.S. insecticide technical product lead Kevin Langdon says growers have relied heavily on traits to control rootworm larvae and ...
Using insecticides too often may boost weed growth. A new study shows why timing, observation, and cover crops make all the ...
The threat of the lab closure is seen as dangerous for farmers, rural communities and the food supply. Corn earworms are ...
Planting a diversity of crops can prove beneficial during extreme weather events. Some plants are better able to stand up to ...
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The Cool Down on MSNFarmers scramble to protect crops as devastating new threat emerges: 'Farming is very vulnerable'The study has highlighted the importance of finding solutions to the effects of the climate crisis on our food production.
In the face of U.S. efforts to require Mexico, under a trade agreement, to import genetically engineered corn, last week the ...
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Study Finds on MSNHow Insecticides May Be Helping Weeds Survive and ThriveFarmers across America face a counterintuitive problem, according to new research. The very chemicals they spray to kill ...
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