So-called "push-pull" agricultural practices that aim to improve crop yields by minimizing the use of synthetic herbicides and insecticides increases yields and prevents pests from adapting over time, ...

Bt maize has revolutionized pest control and many farmers have benefited, but some people remain skeptical of this new ...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecosystem approach that combines different approaches to control pests. It minimizes risks to the environment and people. Through scouting, the farmer must ...

Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research published in the journal Frontiers in Insect Science. Scientists ...

Maize has been the staple food in Kenya. The crop is grown by smallholder farmers and large-scale farmers for commercial purposes and food supply. The farmers have been struggling with armyworms ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent ...

The western corn rootworm continues to be on the rise in Europe. Why attempts to biologically target this crop pest by applying entomopathogenic nematodes have failed, can now be explained by the ...

The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However ...

Following numerous reports of caterpillar activity in maize crops across the country over recent weeks, agronomists are advising growers to remain vigilant and make sure they identify species ...

Farmers in Mpigi District have raised concern over a destructive pest outbreak that is damaging maize crops and threatening the livelihoods of households that depend on agriculture. The farmers say ...

Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research. Scientists have highlighted how almost the entire African maize ...