Nick Seiter, University of Illinois Extension entomologist, said populations of both northern and western corn rootworms have ...

LOS ANGELES — Planting genetically modified, pest-resistant corn can provide a halo effect — offering protection from insects to nearby corn plants that have not been engineered to kill bugs, ...

Common stalk borer damages corn stalks. From July through August, producers and researchers unexpectedly observed significant damage resembling European-corn-borer injury along the edges of several ...

Farmers in dozens of countries have embraced crops genetically engineered to produce proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria that kill some key pests yet are safe for people and wildlife.

AMES, Iowa – A researcher at Iowa State University is urging Iowa farmers to adopt a diverse range of pest management tactics to suppress the resistance of western corn rootworm to Bt corn, a widely ...