and soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill. These insects can be difficult to control due to insecticide resistance and larval behavior on plants. The objectives of these studies were to determine the ...

Northern farmers are facing financial devastation as armyworms ravage their fields and destroy crops, leaving families with little hope for the harvest.

Fall armyworms are taking over fields, hitting everything from soybeans to rice. But until this week, growers in the nation’s leading rice-producing state only had one insecticide approved for ...

They can get out and apply a pesticide or additional chemicals to treat the fields if we receive more rain thus increasing ...

[Peter Ochieng, Standard] The infestation of fall armyworms was first reported in ... For five years, farmers have counted losses as they used pesticides, and homemade remedies like ash with ...

Onion farmers have criticized the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import the bulb, describing it as a ...

but the worms appear resistant to pesticides... they fall from stems and start moving on the ground during spraying,” he said. Mr Albert Shikuku said it took five minutes for the armyworms to ...

Virgie Abaoag, an onion grower, recalled how her former employer suffered three consecutive losses due to armyworms and has now switched to planting corn. “Imbes na sibuyas na naman—wala na, sumuko na ...

Beyond pest control, the technology also improves soil fertility, moisture retention, and livestock fodder production, making it a holistic approach to improving yields ...