BY PATRICIA BIANCA S. TACULAO
Pests are one of the various factors that farmers have to keep an eye out for to keep their crops safe and healthy. And one pe... Read More...
Pesticides are made to kill pests. But oftentimes, this also causes harm to plants and pollinators. Effects of these pesticides may result in mild to severe pla... Read More...
By Dennis O'Brien
There is good news and bad news these days for cotton growers in the southwestern United States. Widespread use of Bt cotton, along with pr... Read More...
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte - The provincial government of Ilocos Norte has collaborated with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Mariano Marcos State Universi... Read More...
By Malu Cadelina Manar
KIDAPAWAN CITY (July 3) – Vast hectares of corn in at least three villages here were reported to have been affected by Fall armyworm -... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
Like humans, plants also suffer from diseases and pests which is sometimes caused by importing agricultural commodities from in... Read More...
Planthoppers and leafhoppers are serious insect pests of rice. They damage the plants directly by sucking the plant sap, resulting in complete drying of the pla... Read More...
Fall armyworms are longtime American pests that are making their way around the globe, alarming Asian farmers after these insects have established themselves in... Read More...
Garden pests are insects that cause a significant amount of either monetary or aesthetic damage to a plant.
Simply put, the insect establishes a parasitic r... Read More...
Commercial high value vegetable and fruit growers in Benguet and Mountain Province recently received an introduction to a biological growing system for their cr... Read More...
Battling coconut pests with science.
By Emil Q. Javier
Insect outbreaks occur when new strains/species of insects are introduced into areas where they have ... Read More...
Scientists and biotechnology companies are developing what could become the next powerful weapon in the war on pests – one that harnesses a Nobel Prize-winning ... Read More...
