New pests are emerging as serious threats to vegetable crops, requiring growers to adapt their pest management strategies.

Experts say they saw an unexpected and very rapid expansion of the corn leafhopper. They don’t know for sure how they got here, but it is most likely weather-driven, and the insects are ...

Crop Production Extension agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis counties) for K-St ...

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The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 563-578 (16 pages) The corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong and Wolcott) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) is the principal vector of maize ...

However, she is watching an emerging production issue in Argentina as farmers there are expected to plant 17% less corn for 2025 due to problems with the leafhopper. “If we get a weather problem ...

Democratic lawmakers swiftly blasted the misstep saying it was a breach of U.S. national security and a violation of law that must be investigated by Congress.

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 ...

However, the impact of the leafhopper on corn, particularly late corn, cuts the estimate of yellow grain production“ by 11% than expected a month ago,” the document stated. “While a month ...