One of them is the woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum). As its name suggests, this aphid attacks apple trees and is ...

When aphids attack, bean plants (Vicia faba) release chemicals that repel the herbivorous insects and attract parasitoids that hunt the aphids. British researchers have now demonstrated that the same ...

University of Minnesota News Wire The days of soybean aphids feasting on Minnesota’s soybean fields may be numbered. University of Minnesota scientists are field testing a beneficial insect, ...

These can split, letting in diseases such as apple canker. Woolly aphids don’t attack the roots, but they can infest the base of the trunk. They overwinter as young aphids. These are not covered by ...

Bill Kerr explains how bean common mosaic virus and bean yellow mosaic virus can infect a field and spread, leading to major ...

Grow It — Wild Garlic, Chimichurri and an attack of Aphids When gardeners and chefs collide over wild garlic, plus instant bedding plant colour. BBC Radio Scotland ...

However, KFS North Rift head of Conservancy Anthony Musyoka said there was no cause for alarm as the trees dried up due to cypress aphids’ infestation and would recover once it rains.

AGRICULTURAL AND FARM NEWS Soybean pests have been hard to figure out in 2012. Some pressure was seen towards the end of July into August. Soybean pests, including soybean aphids and two-spotted ...

Following Defra’s decision to deny sugar beet growers emergency neonicotinoid seed treatments to combat virus yellows, farmers are reminded of biological ...

However, KFS North Rift head of Conservancy Anthony Musyoka said there was no cause for alarm as the trees dried up due to cypress aphids’ infestation and would recover once it rains.