The Tulare County Board of Supervisors will consider approving three agreements worth more than $3 million for the control and program management of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter when they meet in ...

Pests have always been a challenge for farmers because insects, fungi, bacteria, and rodents cause damage even on plants in natural ecosystems. Their impact in agriculture is of greater consequence ...

Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to heed the advice of Cornell agricultural scientists: Let nature be nature – to a degree. Farmers ...

Entomologists have used a tiny wasp to help nearly eradicate the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a major agricultural pest, from Tahiti and neighboring islands. The stingless wasp attacks sharpshooter ...

The most widely used publications from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture have been updated with the ...

The name “pest,” which at times means “nuisance” or “annoying,” doesn’t do the best job at portraying the devastating nature of the insects who attack crops and agriculture around the world. Some ...

Want to crash an insect population? Slip in a self-limiting gene and topple the family tree in two to three generations. The promise of biotech mosquitoes to combat the pest that spreads Zika, dengue ...

From termites to roaches, fleas and fire ants, homeowners and pesticide professionals can master effective control strategies ...