Insect pollinators provide a natural ecosystem service to more than 80% of known flowering plants, many of which are part of our diet. However, their importance in Africa and an agriculture-dependent ...

Insect pests represent one of the foremost biotic constraints to crop productivity worldwide, driving yield losses, increasing production costs and catalysing reliance on synthetic insecticides.

This time of year, with a summer’s worth of mosquito bites newly in the rearview, a reprieve from thinking about insects is probably welcome. But not to Marcello Mangano, director of the Phillip ...

With insect farming projected to produce millions of tons of insects in the coming years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers offer evidence that the insect farming byproduct called ...

Early- and mid-season insects in cotton crops are one of many threats growers face that can significantly impact lint yield and fiber quality. Applying integrated pest management (IPM) principles ...

Late fall and early winter is the ideal timeframe for making corn seed treatment decisions for the upcoming growing season. As you consider available options, you’ll want to keep in mind factors such ...

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...