BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana State University and wheat growers across the state are working together to protect the state's billion-dollar wheat industry from a tiny orange midge capable of ...

Wheat producers in northwest Montana experienced an unprecedented insect outbreak during the 2006 growing season of the orange wheat blossom midge. Infested spring wheat fields that normally yield ...

Soil samples in North Dakota indicate low levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae (cocoons) for the 2018 season, according to Janet Knodel, North Dakota State University Extension Service ...

FARGO - Soil sample tests in North Dakota indicate a dramatic increase in levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae (cocoons) for the 2011 season, according to Janet Knodel, North Dakota State ...

Soil samples in North Dakota indicate increasing levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae (cocoons) for the 2020 season, says Janet Knodel, North Dakota State University Extension entomologist.

FARGO - Soil sample tests in North Dakota indicate increasing levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae for the 2010 season, according to Janet Knodel, North Dakota State University Extension ...

Wheat crops could be at greater risk from orange wheat blossom midge than last year, according to experts.. In many areas last season, wheat ears emerged early and crops were in flower before ...

Wheat curl mites on the other hand are a different story, because they can transmit diseases. Whitworth said they can vector wheat streak mosaic virus, ... headworms, aphids, and sorghum midge.

Prolonged drought in North Dakota has reduced the risk of wheat midge infestations during the upcoming growing season, according to North Dakota State University researchers.

Scientists have developed a wheat variety that they say is resistant to wheat midge, which has caused millions of dollars in damage to Montana crops in the last 10 years.

Wheat producers in northwest Montana experienced an unprecedented insect outbreak during the 2006 growing season of the orange wheat blossom midge. Infested spring wheat fields that normally yield ...