Banker plants are valuable against common strawberry pests, such as aphids, thrips, and two-spotted spider mites. Cereal banker plants combat this scourge through an ongoing supply of non-pest aphids, ...

Scouting is a critical component of integrated pest management for soybeans — you need to know which pests are present to effectively manage them. Careful scouting for pests — both harmful and ...

The relationship between crop richness and predator-prey interactions as they relate to pest-natural enemy systems is a very important topic in ecology and greatly affects biological control services.

Dakota Lakes Research farm in Pierre, South Dakota, utilizes multiple crop rotations. Dwayne Beck offers tips for producers when adding new rotations to their farms. The Dakota Lakes Research Farm at ...

Scouting fields for pest problems is a vital component of crop health and yield outcome. “Yet too many producers don’t rank scouting high enough on their list of priori-ties,” says Ken Ferrie, Farm ...

The use of agricultural chemicals to control insect pests and diseases in crops is the most effective method. However, with the increase of lifestyle diseases like cancer linked to the use of ...

Invasive insect species bring a host of health, social, ecological and economic consequences, including crop damage, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem disruption, human disease ...

University of Guelph provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Guelph provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. On farms, spiders are important ...

Applying CRISPR-based technology to a broad agricultural need, scientists have developed a new technology aimed at Drosophila suzukii, the invasive fruit fly responsible for millions of dollars in ...

By keeping rodents and small fruit-eating birds out of the orchards, kestrels were found to be an effective means of pest ...