An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low prices for their crop and ...

This is no longer a Texas ratoon problem. The rice delphacid showed up across the Midsouth in September, and control options ...

Attacks of harmful insects in crop fields have now become one of the major problems in agriculture. In rice cultivation, this problem is mainly of ...

With temperatures creeping up as the climate warms, those very hungry caterpillars could get even hungrier, and more abundant. Crop losses to pests may grow. Insects will be “eating more of our lunch, ...

BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Agriculture in Negros Island Region (DA-NIR) has reassured farmers and residents that the ...

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Notably, their persistent ability to ...

Climate change might lead to bigger populations of hungrier insects. This could have serious consequences for grain-growing regions in the Northwest and across the world. "And, of course, the impacts ...

Scientists have demonstrated that Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats not only travels great distances, but also hunt at impressive altitudes of up to 1,600 meters above ground -- the altitude at which ...