As Nebraska wages battle with wheat stem sawfly, some recent research at the High Plains Ag Lab is showing promise.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. “This is the first paper published showing offsite benefits to other host plants for a pest like the corn borer, which is a significant pest for ...

Seed companies say many of them started using the zone pricing model about 20 years ago, when the first Bt corn borer trait hit the market. “The concept of zone pricing began in high corn borer ...

Allow some space for growth, and remove the cover after three or four weeks. European corn borers feed on silks and ears, and there are two generations each year. Since it overwinters in the corn ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

“We do have corn borer building in the areas where farmers have moved to the non-Bt market for market premiums,” says Ferrie. “And if we do that for a series of years, we start to see more ...

Interestingly, due to the introduction of Bt maize, recent research suggests there has been an areawide suppression of European corn borer populations (Hutchison et al. 2010). This is beneficial ...

including susceptible European corn borer, fall armyworm, southwestern corn borer and corn earworm. When commercially available, the new PowerCore Ultra Enlist corn will bring an additional mode ...