Batting the pests out

It is never too late

Telangana farmers pushed to suicide after pest attack destroys chilli crop

There has been no announcement on compensation to farmers who have lost their crops

Recent Fall Armyworm invasion could be global, warn scientists

Such an occurrence could put world food security at risk

Science & Technology - Briefs

Warming temperatures increasing pest attacks, reducing yield, claim Rajasthan farmers

New and wider infestations by pests causing mass destruction of harvest

Cotton-eating monsters lay low the farmers

Cotton farmers in northwest India were taken by surprise when, despite a pesticide blitzkrieg, the American bollworm devastated half their crops. …

Sweet death

Red rot, a fatal fungus eating into the sugarcane crop in western Uttar Pradesh, has left India drastically short on sugar. BIJOY BASANT PATRO …

Using viruses for biological pest control

The use of viruses as control agents against crop attacking insects is increasingly becoming popular.

The fly that got away

The American serpentine leaf miner that infiltrated into India about two years ago is destroying agricultural crops

Making of a nightmare

Pakistan faces trying times ahead, as insecticide resistant cotton pests threaten to devastate the country's fledgling economy

To kill a mocking pest

With pesticides no longer a viable means of controlling pests in most cases, the search for alternatives like bio-pesticides has proved that …

Scientists identify proteins linked with wheat infection

Karnal Bunt, the infection, reduces yield and quality of grains as they start giving off foul fishy odour and taste

Why are pests developing resistance to Bt cotton in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh?

Low compliance to planting refuge crops along with Bt crops and selection of refuge crops are some of the problem areas identified by a recent study

Swarm warning

Officials claim the locust problem is under control, but unless millions of hoppers -- young locusts -- stalking the deserts are exterminated …

Fall Armyworm attack: 'It is the biggest pest attack ever'

The worm prefers maize, but its diet comprises up to 300 plant species, including vegetables and ornamental plants

European-origin pathogen poses big threat to potato crop in India

Scientists at West Bengal State University have found 19 unique and highly aggressive variants of Phytophthora infestans, a microorganism that …

'We can contain the pest'

India's temperature and atmospheric conditions are ideal for the spread of Fall Armyworm

Armyworms are wreaking havoc in southern Africa. Why it's a big deal

A combination of armyworms native to Africa and those normally found in the Americas are ravaging crops in sub-Saharan Africa

Facing- rough weather

Scientists are making gloomy predictions that rising temperatures shall jeopardise not just human health but our crops as well

How is climate change affecting crop pests and diseases?

The dynamics of crop diseases and pest influx are changing rapidly due to changing climate. Managing them has, therefore, become a huge challenge

Whitefly lesson

A few villages in Haryana successfully grow cotton amid widespread destruction of the crop by whitefly in the region

Hollowed out

Coniferous forests of Alaska are being devoured by beetles. Ecologists blame the changing climatic conditions

Biochar application can help Ghana’s smallholder farmers fight back climate change: Study

New research shows biochar application is more effective in promoting cowpea growth and yield in Ghana

Karnataka coffee farmers selling estates, killing themselves: Report

Market prices, erratic weather and increasing input costs are making coffee cultivation unviable, it notes