Crop farmers, agronomists and others who scout crops for insect injury can gain new insight through the latest version of Field Crop Insects. First published in 2012, the latest edition became ...

Managing pests and diseases can be a particularly tricky piece of the vegetable farming puzzle, and can leave growers with more questions than answers. For many, there’s that on ...

AMES, Iowa – A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to be controlled? Or not? That farmer can snap a picture, use a ...

Pollinating insects are important for agriculture and ecological flourishing, but they are difficult to monitor, as ...

An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has identified the gene responsible for a ...

Learn about the study of insects, known as entomology. This article covers its branches, historical significance, and why insects are vital to the ecosystem. Entomology is a branch of zoology that is ...

A large study shows that warming does not always increase pest insects. About half of insect populations grow while others ...

Backyard Farmer will give some insect identification tips and more This week on Backyard Farmer we get some insect identification tips and hear about a young boy’s passion for gardening. In addition ...

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - As machine learning and artificial intelligence programs have advanced over the past decade, Iowa State University researchers — alongside national and international ...