Wheat aphids are well known pests of the cereal crop -- causing up to 20 to 80% loss of wheat yield, particularly in Pakistan where over 26.3 million tons of wheat was produced in 2017-18 and ...

Sugarcane aphids are another pest commonly associated with sorghum. They produce large quantities of honeydew, which can cause problems during harvest. Heavy feeding causes plants to dry down rapidly.

A controversial field trial of genetically-modified wheat has failed to demonstrate that the GM crop can repel aphid pests as scientists had predicted from previous laboratory studies.

Wheat aphids are well known pests of the cereal crop - causing up to 20 to 80% loss of wheat yield, particularly in Pakistan where over 26.3 million tons of wheat was produced in 2017-18 and ...

A national management group has declared the pest Russian wheat aphid (RWA) endemic and unlikely to be eradicated. The cereal crop aphid was first found in South Australia's mid-north on May 13 ...

Since it first appeared in Texas in 1986, the Russian wheat aphid has cost U.S. wheat growers an estimated $200 million each year. ... New tool for tracking a voracious pest.

Authorities are warning wheat farmers to be on alert for the damaging Russian Wheat Aphid. They've declared the pest 'endemic' which means it's now here to stay. They say it's spread quickly ...

The pest was first detected in South Australia in May last year and has since been found across Victoria, in southern NSW and most recently in Tasmania. Speaking at the recent Grains Research and ...

FARMERS have been urged to keep a close eye on their emerging crops after the detection for the first time in Australia of the Russian wheat aphid at several sites in the Mid North.