Behind every fresh head of lettuce and pepper on your plate, there’s a team of scientists working tirelessly to protect crops ...

No plants are exempt from issues - zinnias included. Look out for the telltale signs that these flowering beauties need a ...

Chilli thrips plague farmers worldwide, but new research from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural ...

Fancy a cup of tea? Be sure to keep your used tea bags aside, as they're essential for garden maintenance and can even fend ...

Novel insecticide/nematicide technology stops costly foliar and below-ground pests in row and specialty crops, including corn ...

Among those who lost their jobs is Jonah Ulmer, a national taxonomist and the federal government’s foremost authority on chilli thrips and Asian citrus psyllids. It was the job of Ulmer and his USDA ...

Thrips are tiny insects - their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they cause to crops is anything but small. A 2021 research paper found that ...

It also said that glasshouse thrips and red spider mites have been thriving in gardens during recent warm summers and are on the rise nationally, but the colder start to the year could delay their ...