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 …

Climate change pushing pine beauty moth northward in Finland 50 years ahead of predictions

The insect pest has spread into northern Finland, up to 68°51’N, according to a new study

Savage mode: In a warmer, wetter world, pests are multiplying faster and damaging crops severely

If such attacks increase, it will affect the critical food supply and overall yield

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 …

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 …

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

Mighty caterpillars

Fall Armyworm attack: Dependence on maize hits Telangana farmers hard

Monocropping maize prepared a ground for the pest attack in the state

Simply put: Strike of the fall armyworm

'We can contain the pest'

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

Researchers quantify damage caused by peafowl to farmers

They selected two plots. Peafowl were allowed in one and not in the other. After four years of repeated estimates, the researchers have concluded …

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

Fume out

Facing- rough weather

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

Pest attacks continue to threaten Africa’s food security

Amidst crop losses, researchers call for using genetically modified maize

Extreme heat, drought make crops more vulnerable to soil-borne diseases: Study

Plant-eating fungus in the soil flourished at high temperatures, researchers found

Plants use smell of cut grass to attract insects that can protect it, reveals study

Finding could help develop plants that are more resistant to pests

Is the world hurtling towards an ‘Insect Apocalypse’?

New study warns that more than 40 per cent of insect species are declining and a third are endangered

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

Batting the pests out