University of Florida researchers have mapped out new intel on the lifecycle and habits of the Thrips parvispinus pest for ...

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

Sandiso Mnguni receives funding from the GENUS: DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences (Grant 86073). He is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Council Plant Health and Protection ...

Cotton growers needing better control of tarnished plant bugs, thrips and other key pests this season have a new tool now available with the biotech trait ThryvOn Technology. The first-of-its-kind, ...

It was bad enough that our region’s cold, wet spring affected our tomato plants’ ability to produce a normal crop. When an unusual insect problem arose on them as well, I began taking it personally.

Thrips are thin, tiny winged insects that are hard to see with the naked eye. However, despite their small size, they are bad news for your garden. These bugs can puncture plant tissue and suck out ...

The bigger the male, the higher his chances to successfully mate -- this applies, at least, to thrips, insects that are hard to recognize with the naked eye. The larger males not only drive off their ...

A quick and easy guide to seven of the most common—and most destructive—insect pests on your household plants, plus how to ...

While this new trait is not commercially available, Stewart says the development of new insect control measures is especially timely. There is increasing resistance of thrips to insecticide seed ...

Question: My fuchsia-colored petunias have developed white spots on the blossoms. Some leaves are speckled as well. I can't see a bug. What could be doing this? - Cary, Jenks. Answer: You almost ...

Do you have a nectarine tree that has a history of producing scarred misshapen fruit? If so, the damage to the fruit is probably caused by Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and the ...

The bigger the male, the higher his chances to successfully mate - this applies, at least, to thrips, insects measuring only two to three millimetres in length that are hard to recognise with the ...