Hot temperatures this spring have created ideal conditions for sugarbeet crop pests, such as root maggots, that can cause plant damage. The sugarbeets that were planted late are especially vulnerable ...

Gardening is a spiritual experience where many people find peace and comfort in the turning of the soil and growing of plants. Or, it is until you find something truly horrid hiding under the dirt, ...

BOISE — Sugar beet growers in the Treasure Valley area have been alerted that peak sugar beet root maggot fly activity is forecast to occur the first week of May. Growers should scout their fields and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Rootworms often claim the starring roles on the crop production stage, but farmers should be just as wary of the supporting cast. White grubs, wireworms and seedcorn maggots are ...

Habitat: the great outdoors of North America from Florida to Canada, mostly inside cancer-like galls on the stems of the goldenrod plant There are a few ways to resist death in the deep freeze ...