The threat of wireworm damage is a growing concern for UK potato producers as a perfect storm of risk factors create optimum conditions for the soil-dwelling pest to thrive. Growers are encouraged to ...

IF further work establishes the effectiveness of 'Gammexane', against wireworms 1, the problem in future will be to decide which fields are to be treated with this substance. Unless it is to be ...

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.

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 ...

Wireworm, root knot nematode and sweet potato weevil. They're not the sweet potato grower's best friends. But in the fight against the pests, a four-year project has uncovered ways to reduce and get ...

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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 ...

CERTIFIED seed has traditionally been treated with various seed treatments or seed dressings, which help control soilborne diseases and wireworm. Kotol was an insecticidal seed dressing applied for ...