Dr. Fei Yang, UMN Corn Entomologist, joined UMN Crops Educator Dr. Anthony Hanson for a discussion on corn insect pests. Dr.

Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...

"This research is important because it may be an early step toward the development of corn lines resistant to insect pests ideal for organic production," said research team leader Surinder Chopra ...

Farmers across America face a counterintuitive problem, according to new research. The very chemicals they spray to kill ...

Bt (bacillus thuringiensis) corn is a critical technology for many farmers to protect fields against insects. Refuge helps preserve the benefits of Bt technology, according to Take Action ...

“Nearly all Bt corn hybrids either control or suppress fall armyworm, but not true armyworm,” Tharp says, noting these are two different insects. “True armyworm is a pest of late spring and ...

More research is needed before plant breeders could be expected to try developing flavonoid-producing corn lines that also ...

"First, we're interested in the basic science, how insects survive winter through diapause. Secondly, we're focused on the economic side, because corn rootworms cause significant annual losses ...

Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops from harmful insects, but they also may contribute to a larger amount of some weeds, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.

ProFarm Group’s RinoTec Technology has received EPA registration approval as a novel biocontrol agent offering effective pest management.

For more than 20 years, farmers across the globe have been planting crops, including corn, cotton, and soybeans, that have been genetically modified to express insecticide genes from the bacterium ...