Eleven members of the Oklahoma State University’s Wheat Improvement Team are doing their part to help feed the world.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Farmers in Punjab are grappling with a significant pest attack on their wheat crops, attributed to favorable weather conditions for the pink stem borer. This article explores the impact on crops ...

The recent paper projects global losses in yield of around 40% for wheat at 2°C of warming due to increased pest harm. Temperate zones could be the hardest hit, according to the study. Image by ...

Slugs, snails and pillbugs.These are pests of the cool, wet times of spring and early summer. They hang out in moist, mulched beds and they come out to feed primarily at night.