Sustainable agriculture is a term that emphasizes the balanced use of natural resources and external inputs for optimum economic benefit. Organic farming is a specialized system within the umbrella of ...

Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

Crop farmers, agronomists and others who scout crops for insect injury can gain new insight through the latest version of Field Crop Insects. First published in 2012, the latest edition became ...

Cornell University entomologist Anthony Shelton finds when engineered crops containing just one Bt toxin grow near modified plants with two toxins, insects may more rapidly develop resistance to all ...

Good news for crop farmers this week with UK scientists discovering molecules they hope will confuse insects’ sense of smell and therefore their ability to detect plants – and each other. The ...

Now, a chemical from the plant is also being used as a bug repellent for crops, which could replace eco-unfriendly insecticides. One of the problems with insecticides is the fact that they not only ...

Scientists report that insect activity in today's temperate, crop-growing regions will rise along with temperatures. Researchers project that this activity, in turn, will boost worldwide losses of ...

Insects already eat between 5 and 20 percent of the most important grain crops produced around the world — and new research finds that they could be responsible for even more crop damage in the near ...

Stuart Reynolds has received funding in the past from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Many species of flower-visiting insect are in trouble in Britain, according to a ...

Wheat, maize and rice yields (particularly in northern climates) are projected to fall as insects in temperate regions thrive in a warmer climate, new research shows. The study, which was published ...