Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...

Almost every gardener discovers aphids on their plants at one time or another. Before I get into what they are and how to control them, here is the most interesting thing about them: Female aphids are ...

When I see garden pests like aphids and caterpillars in our garden I don’t spring into action with some antidote. I don’t spray chemicals anymore, and I even hesitate to use soap spray or some other ...

Pea aphids – a serious agricultural pest – have the ability to see and avoid a common, aphid-killing bacteria on plant leaves, according to a new Cornell study published Sept. 27 in Current Biology.

Imagine a pest that can arrive unannounced, suck your soybean plants dry and then double in numbers in two days. Behold the soybean aphid. This native of Eastern Asia can pack a heavy punch and knock ...

Q:I run the Children's Dance and Family Programs at the San Francisco Richmond District Y branch. My students, their parents and I have renovated our rooftop garden. It has been 1 1/2 years since we ...

Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree fruit ...

While you're more likely to have bug problems with organic lettuce, you need to know how to spot possible insects on any kind ...

UK Scientists, in collaboration with groups in Europe and the US, have discovered why the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is one of the most destructive pests to many of our most important crops.