A recent article in The Progressive Farmer sounded an alarm about the re-emergence of the corn rootworm, a beetle was once called the “billion dollar pest” due to the big impact it has had on valuable ...

Five major soil insects can be found in corn fields: seed corn maggot, white grubs, wireworms, cutworms and rootworms. Corn rootworm populations have increased in continuous corn production areas of ...

Applying an insecticide to treat can work, but timing is critical to control adult corn rootworm beetles. Managing adult corn ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Northern Indiana corn growers shouldn't cut corners on soil insecticides this spring or they could see their crop carved up by western corn rootworms. Purdue University ...

Corn rootworm (CRW) adults are showing up across many Midwest fields now and actively feeding. In some fields, it’s to the point that corn pollination is being adversely affected. The question now – ...

While Bt corn has been highly effective against the European corn borer, it has been less so against the western corn rootworm. A new article explains why and recommends an integrated pest management ...

Volunteer corn is more prevalent in the 2022 growing season and can cause some yield losses, but Bruce Potter, an integrated pest management specialist at the University of Minnesota Southwest ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Corn growers have a battery of weapons available to combat the western corn rootworm, but none of the munitions hit their target every time. Field studies conducted this year by ...

Corn rootworms can pack a one-two punch. The larvae can burrow in soil and feed on unsuspecting corn roots, or the adult beetles can snip silks and upend pollination. Both infiltrations result in ...

In Sac Country, Iowa, corn stands a foot high at Darwin Bettin’s farm on a breezy summer day. But one recent morning after a storm, he found a big surprise. “I could see corn laying down in my field ...

The western corn rootworm (WCR) Diabrotica virgifera virgifera is an insect pest that attacks cornfields eating the roots of the plants causing extensive damage. It is principally found in North ...

Across the Midwestern corn belt, a familiar battle has resumed, hidden in the soil. On one side are tiny, white larvae of the corn rootworm. On the other side are farmers and the insect-killing ...