Two species of insects that can fight major maize pests have been discovered in Kenya. The species named Cotesia Icipe and Cotesia typhae were discovered after years of research in Kenya by ...

Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research. Scientists have highlighted how almost the entire African maize ...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecosystem approach that combines different approaches to control pests. It minimizes risks to the environment and people. Through scouting, the farmer must ...

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

Maize plants release certain scents to combat a variety of insects such as the maize root borer. The larvae of this insect eat root hairs and bore into the root of the plant. In North America, the ...

Straw returning is a widely adopted agronomic practice for soil improvement, yet its impact on crop health, particularly its influence on different types of pathogens and pests, remains inadequately ...

It is also important to note that not all pests can be eliminated with chemical treatments. In fact, some pests, particularly certain viruses, currently have no known chemical cure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crop losses in African countries due to insect pests are estimated at 49% of the expected total crop yield each year, according to ...

KEEMBE, Zambia (Reuters) - The foul odour of pesticides hangs in the tropical air as a team of men in blue work suits and respirators sprays a field of maize in this rural corner of Zambia, the ...

The commercialization of genetically modified maize in Ethiopia is slated to begin this year, marking the nation’s first transition toward a genetically ...

Almost all of Africa’s maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research published in the journal Frontiers in Insect Science. The ...