Wireworms may not be one of the leading corn pests, but where they are present, they can cause significant stand losses. Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles and live in soils across North ...

BURLEY • If you see patches of green in an otherwise mature grain field, you most likely have wireworm damage. Wireworms feed on the roots of growing plants, delaying maturity in the affected plants.

Wireworm damage is now an increasing risk in potato crops across the country, including eastern counties and up into the Scottish Borders. This highlights the need to understand the reasons behind its ...

Some of the most damaging soybean pests are the ones we never actually see. While we often scout for leaf-damaging insect pests, it’s the underground ones that can hinder the establishment of a ...

This season is the first where growers face managing wireworm without the key pesticide Mocap (ethoprophos) that has proved effective for some years in managing the costly pest. This means there will ...

P.E.I. potato growers now have a new pesticide to use to help fight a costly pest called wireworm. In October 2020, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency approved the registration of broflanilide, the ...