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

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 ...

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, ...

Maize is Kenya’s staple food, yet its annual production consistently falls short of demand, hindered by degraded soils, ...

Programme Officer of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Nigeria, Dr Abraham Isah, has urged ...

As the maize plants enter the senescence phase at milking stage ... such as climate change, uneven soil fertility, and pest infestations, which result in significant nonlinear data characteristics, ...

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. Trump to sign executive order ...

A new study highlights the risks of overreliance on (Bacillus Thuringiensis) Bt maize, showing that excessive planting has reduced its effectiveness in controlling corn rootworms in the U.S. Corn Belt ...

“This research is important because it may be an early step toward the development of corn lines resistant to insect pests ideal for organic production,” said research team leader Surinder Chopra, ...

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 ...