Inspect your garden for aphids every few days. “Things can get out of hand quickly if you’re not paying attention,” says Bertone. Check the undersides of foliage, where aphids hide, and keep an eye ...

Scientists have studied the distribution and population dynamics of wheat aphids and their natural enemies in Pakistan through seasons and periods of time. This research could be useful to develop ...

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.

Jeff Whitworth, associate professor of entomology at K-State, discusses the insects that have been the most prevalent in wheat and sorghum.

Biosecurity authorities declare the pest Russian wheat aphid is endemic, warn it will be managed, not eradicated from Australia.

ARS scientists have developed a system using DNA "barcodes" to identify emerging biotypes of Russian wheat aphids, an insect pest that does more than $200 million in damage annually to wheat and ...

She said it was a pest of winter cereals, and different crops had a range of tolerances or susceptibility to the aphid, with barley durum wheat and wheat more susceptible.

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 where ...

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 ...

Where wheat is grown on huge areas, ladybirds, spiders, hoverfly larvae and other enemies of aphids don't have enough food in spring, as the pest begins to populate the wheat fields not before May ...