USDA says new low-pressure vacuum technology called RipeLocker is breakthrough in fruit storage.

The key to success in defending against these microscopic worms is to understand what you’re dealing with.

Can you spot them? Here’s how growers can distinguish between good bugs and bad bugs.

Researchers find that clothianidin’s negative affects on wild bees include impairing the bees’ ability to pollinate strawberry flowers.

Tips to spot and treat this destructive pest.

Learn how researchers are digging in to get a leg up on corn earworm.

The search is on for a pheromone to disrupt mating of an evil weevil.

See how research will help develop new ways to grow crops more resilient to damage from the plant parasites as well as increasing nighttime temperatures.

Research and field experience from the Desert Southwest can help you control this pest.

Small population of invasive bug discovered in Pontiac; might have arrived via out-of-state nursery delivery.

Scientists find bacterial cousin in the Liberibacter family also might be infectious to other plants and crops.

What was once known as the Asian giant hornet (aka, ‘murder hornet’) is now the northern giant hornet. Find out why.

Among insects, aphids and thrips did their fair share of damage.

Already eradicated twice in the Sunshine State, the invasive pest that feeds on more than 500 plants and agricultural crops has been detected again.

Oriental fruit flies discovered in traps around St. Petersburg area. Learn more about this pest that attacks more than 400 fruits, vegetables, and nuts.

Best practices include safer insecticides and someday soon maybe trap trees.

Growers frequently overlook the plant-parasitic organism, leading to root damage.

More than a decade in the making, scientists are set to release a tiny wasp that controls a highly destructive fruit fly.

Here are a few tips to control notorious pest and avoid insecticide resistance.