Given the corn price outlook, this is not the year to ignore any “sometimes a problem” pest like corn stalk borer -- especially if you’ve encountered it in corn before. It has a tendency to persist in ...

Young common stalk borer larvae are cream-colored with dark purple or brown longitudinal stripes on the thorax and abdomen. A narrow cream dorsal stripe runs from behind the head to the anal plate, ...

Stalk borers are an occasional pest of corn in Nebraska. Stalk borer damage in corn commonly is confined to plants in the first few rows near field margins, fence rows, grass terraces, and waterways.

Kenya: One of the most destructive maize pests – the stalk borer – has figured out a way of safely feeding on genetically modified crops even when farmers apply recently recommended strategies in ...

Abu Dhabi, 28th Jan. 2014 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi Farmers? Services Center (ADFSC) has distributed more than 14,000 light-traps to eradicate pests from date palm trees in the Emirate over the last three ...

Farmers in at least 11 counties are staring at massive crop failure after the stubborn armyworm and stalk borer invaded their farms. The worm, that can eat up to 10 times its body mass, has been ...