Introduction Cutworms are sporadic but serious early-season pests of corn in the United States. Several species of cutworm can feed on a broad range of plants, including vegetables, turf, field...
Identifying and distinguishing between common and southern rust is important for proper corn management. This guide is to help growers, consultants, researchers, and Extension personnel correctly...
Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, is a generalist pest capable of feeding on over 300 different plant species, many of which are of economic importance.1 One of the main crops that Japanese beetle...
Much of the field corn produced in the United States expresses an insecticidal toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that helps the plant control or suppress insect pests without the need for...
Crops that emerge from seed left over from the previous season harvest are considered weeds in subsequent cropping cycles. In the case of peanuts, pods that detach from the pegs/vines during the...
Corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, is the most common aboveground pest of corn in the southeastern United States.1 It is also a significant pest of many other cultivated crops in the Southeast,...
Several species of lepidopteran larvae can infest and cause injury to sorghum grain heads. These include corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and sorghum webworm,...
Invasive weeds are troublesome in agronomic cropping systems and nearby non-crop environments. Benghal dayflower (Commelina benghalensis L.), also known as tropical spiderwort, was first detected in...
There are several pest species of stink bugs found in the southeastern United States, including the green stink bug, Chinavia hilare, the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula, the rice stink...
The sugarcane beetle, Euetheola humilis, is a sporadic but serious pest of corn in the southeastern United States.1,2 It was previously known as the rough-headed corn stalk-beetle and was first...
The cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus, CLB) can be a significant pest of small grains in North America1 and has a host range including wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn and other cultivated and...
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda, FAW) is native to the Americas where it is known to be a pest of numerous crops. The insect overwinters in North America in south Florida, Texas, Mexico,...
