Named for its habit of screwing into the living flesh of warm-blooded animals with its razor-sharp mouth hooks, they are ...

Long-term records from the University of Minnesota show that the state has been this parched to start to a year only four ...

We will also briefly discuss new corn disease issues that arose this year in Minnesota. Corn rootworm, including western and northern corn rootworm, and the European corn borer are among the most ...

Maize (Zea mays) is India’s third-largest grain crop, serving as a primary food source for at least 30% of the population and sustaining 900 million impoverished people globally. The growing human ...

When choosing between corn vs. flour tortillas, you'll want to consider a few key points—like tortilla size, ingredients, and, of course, nutritional value. Our editors and experts handpick every ...

The western corn rootworm (WCR), Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte ... and cathepsin-B were previously found to be differentially expressed in eCry3.1Ab-resistant WCR larvae when compared to ...

At left: Black cutworm larvae. At right: Western corn rootworm beetles. Photos courtesy of Purdue Extension. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads ...

“Our SmartStax PRO is the knock-dead for those corn rootworm larvae with three modes of action below ground. It really gives a positive feeling that you have total control for corn rootworm ...

“Corn rootworm can cause extensive damage to corn crops,” says Bick. “Larvae feed on roots in late spring and early summer, causing stalks to tip over. Adults feed on leaves and silks in the late ...

These variables were eliminated in bioassays of isolated newly hatched larvae of two lepidopteran ... of adults for insects reared on avidin corn plus biotin were the same as those for insects ...

Understand which proteins and how many proteins a corn hybrid has that work against corn rootworm larvae. Corn hybrids may contain zero, one or multiple proteins against CRW larvae ...

Farmers looking to gain the upper hand over corn rootworm (CRW) pests have new tools to deploy in the field, thanks to Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technology. RNAi works in CRW as it ...