Adult corn rootworm beetles lay their eggs in the summer to overwinter in soil before hatching in late spring, when the larvae feed on developing corn roots. Bt corn designed to combat rootworm imbues ...

New Durastak corn trait stack from Syngenta that will hit corn rootworms hard received approval from Environmental Protection Agency.

With a vision of smart connected farms, this research proposes an insect detection framework (InsDet) to identify the most harmful corn crop insect, known as corn rootworm beetle. InsDet employs an ...

Later in the season, the larvae become beetles that feed on silks and can compromise pollination. While farmers can’t do much to solve the problem at that point, they can use sticky traps to assess ...

An agronomist says more farmers are dealing with the problems caused by corn rootworms this year. Samantha Brantner with Bayer tells Brownfield corn rootworm infestations are being found in areas that ...

Western corn rootworm isn't an uncommon pest of southern Minnesota, but the more cold tolerant northern corn rootworm is extending its range north this season.

DATCP says the annual western bean cutworm moth flight continued for the third week. Corn rootworm beetle emergence is also starting.

That’s according to work conducted by the Corn Rootworm IPM Regional Working Group, which monitored beetle traps last summer to develop the “forecast” for 2023.

Rootworms are among the most serious pests of corn, accounting for millions of dollars in control measures and substantial yield loss every year. That is particularly true on continuous corn.

Continuous corn fields, fields with high beetle populations, many continuous corn fields in the area, fields with early or late silking corn (including volunteer corn) and using the same management ...