A national management group has declared the pest Russian wheat aphid (RWA) endemic and unlikely to be eradicated. The cereal crop aphid was first found in South Australia's mid-north on May 13 ...

In Chile, the aphid Sitobion avenae is of recent introduction, lives on cultivated and wild Poaceae, and is thought to reproduce by permanent parthenogenesis. In order to study the genetic ...

The pest was first detected in South Australia in May last year and has since been found across Victoria, in southern NSW and most recently in Tasmania. Speaking at the recent Grains Research and ...

FARMERS have been urged to keep a close eye on their emerging crops after the detection for the first time in Australia of the Russian wheat aphid at several sites in the Mid North.

Russian wheat aphid is a major global pest of wheat, barley and some grasses, it can cause significant yield losses and until the detection three weeks ago was not believed to exist in Australia.

What started out as a query by local crop adviser Andrew Parkinson about an unusual-looking bug in the farmer’s young wheat crop, cascaded two days later into government officials in protective ...

A controversial field trial of genetically-modified wheat has failed to demonstrate that the GM crop can repel aphid pests as scientists had predicted from previous laboratory studies.

Lemon blossom wheat midge was seen in a second wheat variety trial in North Yorkshire, which was badly affected. The trial was scored for damage on a 1-9 scale and taken to yield. Results showed ...

NEW DELHI: A blend of unseasonal rain and soaring heat is posing a serious threat of pest attack on wheat crops in the North-West and North regions, including ...

Camouflaging wheat seeds can reduce seed loss by more than 60 percent, scientists report May 22 in Nature Sustainability. All it takes is to make the whole field smell like wheat.

The pest generally attacks the wheat at the seedling stage and it can be managed effectively,” said Pathania. State agriculture director Jaswant Singh did not respond to the queries on the scale ...