Light is integral to crop growth and development. Now, it could play a valuable role in protecting corn and soybean seed from stress while improving plant composition and resiliency, according to new ...

There are many kinds of corn ear rots that cause significant damage to corn. Altogether, 79 million bushels of corn were impacted by corn ear rot in 2024. 1 Not only will they reduce yields and grain ...

KYIV, Ukraine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Indigo Agriculture, a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, and Agroprosperis, one of Ukraine’s largest Agri-holding ...

Sweet corn is one of the few crops for which insect pests drive most of the pest management program. A number of caterpillar pests attack sweet corn, infesting ears and rendering the ear and the whole ...

MARSHALL, Minn. -- More than a standard crop rotation will be needed to counteract northern corn rootworm. Insecticide treatment continues to increase in southwestern Minnesota because of the corn ...

Preliminary results As expected, the 60-inch wide-row corn treatments reduced corn yields per acre overall by 20% relative to the 30-inch treatments, both with and without a cover crop. Yield data ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings – shaped like the wings of ...