Crop Protection
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.
Vegetable grower Shay Myers uses TikTok to show off what he calls ‘the coolest farming tech you’re ever going to see.’
Learn how researchers are digging in to get a leg up on corn earworm.
A sustainability study centered around lettuce offers a road map on how to reduce your fertilizer use and keep crops healthy.
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.
Madeline Mellinger, founder and CEO of Glades Crop Care, receives industry recognition for a lifetime of work and more.
In one of his latest TikToks, veggie farmer and social media star Shay Myers says he’s used to many types of wildlife taking crops, but this is a first.
Learn more about a web-based program that is proving to help blueberry growers control plant disease and reduce fungicide use.
UC Davis says it will release resistant varieties to growers later this year.
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.
Organization conducts research and develops data necessary for the registration of pest management tools, ensuring they are safe for use.
As maximum residue limits tighten across the globe, biocontrols step up as viable food crop production option.
Pam Marrone of Marrone BioInnovations is fired up about the future of biocontrols and says growers should be too. Learn why.