Wheat producers are in a tough position due to drought right now, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.

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In 2024, two new pests were identified in Minnesota: the corn leafhopper and cornsilk fly. The corn leafhopper, discovered on the University of Minnesota campus in St. Paul, can transmit pathogens ...

Flavescence dorée is caused by a phytoplasma, a bacterium without a cell wall, which is transmitted to grapevines by an insect called the American grapevine leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus.

true armyworm and corn leafhopper. Extension field agronomists and faculty across the state begin setting traps in March. They then submit data weekly to the MU Integrated Pest Management website ...

Corn stunt spiroplasma (CSS, Spiroplasma kunkelii) and its associated vector (corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis) were deemed an emerging threat to the Kansas corn crop. Corn stunt spiroplasma was ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Pest Monitoring Network offers free, timely pest alerts to farmers and gardeners, says MU Extension crops entomologist Ivair Valmorbida. Early ...

CHICAGO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Farmers in the U.S. plan to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring than they did last year, hoping to eke out a profit and shield themselves from U.S. President ...

Mexico bans planting of GM corn, sparking potential U.S. tensions Sheinbaum's reform brands native corn as national identity GCMA warns of U.S. retaliatory measures over GM corn restrictions ...

2019). Approximately 30% of all plant viruses described to date are transmitted by aphids, making them the most important virus vectors, followed by leafhoppers, whiteflies, and thrips (Brault et al., ...