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A recent study by a University of Arizona assistant professor and extension specialist Ali T. Mohammed shares how to reduce ...
Aphids are one of the biggest garden pests you'll find, and this is how to recognize an infestation on your plants.
Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...
WORTHINGTON, Minn. — Round Lake farmer Tom Wiese pointed out a winged aphid on the underside of a leaf in his soybean field, as crops specialist Liz Stahl looked on. Aphid populations across southwest ...
All natural pest control is possible when you have the right balance of insects in your garden, and there's one 'pest' that ...
“I have found a sticky residue on the leaves of some of my houseplants and what appears to be little bugs under some of the leaves. What can I do to get rid of this problem?” You most likely are ...
I should have realized that this would be the “year of the aphid” back in March when I found my pepper starts were being attacked by the little pests. By mid-June I was found that many people are ...
AMES, Iowa – Aphids, the tiny insects that have become a primary threat to Iowa soybeans in recent years, possess a unique ability to block the genetic defense response of soybeans and may open the ...
Researchers suspect steady rains and other factors may be responsible for a drop in a tiny bug’s infestation of a grain crop so far this year. Farmers in the Rio Grande Valley had feared the sugarcane ...
According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, aphids are "small, soft-bodied insects that feed by sucking the nutrient-rich liquids out of plants. In large numbers, they can weaken plants significantly, ...
Editor’s note: The following was written by Robert Koch, University of Minnesota Extension entomologist, Anthony Hanson, Liz Stahl, Angie Peltier and Claire LaCanne, Extension educators, for the ...
New Yorkers remain bugged over the recent swarm of tiny, winged insects that have infested the Big Apple. Although entomology experts insist the tiny aphids don’t pose any health risk, Gothamites are ...