The warm conditions continue and aphids are easy to find in establishing cereal crops, so barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is ...

One potato, two potato, three potato, four. Yes, this a children’s game, but it might also be the chant of potato diseases and pests that are ready, willing, and able to chow down your crop of spuds.

ARCO — University of Idaho Extension educator David Callister’s Monday morning routine from mid-June through mid-September entails visiting four area seed potato fields and transferring bugs from ...

Potato virus Y is a huge threat to potato crop stability in North America and Europe. Farmers are most concerned about the necrotic strain, which affects varieties of potatoes more severely than the ...

University of Idaho Extension researchers this year documented an increase in aphids in the state’s southeast. And pressure from the tiny winged insects, which can spread Potato Virus Y, arrived ...

Get 1,000 yen with Rocket Now deliveryThe possibility has emerged that the decision-making timeline for the lifting of the ...

The green peach aphid, despite its name, is a pest of potatoes. Besides siphoning off juices from potato plants, the aphid can infect the plants with viruses that cause an estimated $100 million ...

The striped Colorado potato beetle is one of the most notorious destroyers of potato plants, but it isn’t the only bug that plagues Maine farmers and gardeners. From pesticide application using GPS ...

Pamela Kosgei harvesting Shangi potatoes at her farm located in Keringet area in Kuresoi South Sub- County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa/Standard] Potato farmers in Kuresoi sub-county are asking for support from ...