Alfalfa weevil has been an early season pest of the alfalfa forage crop in the panhandle region reducing hay yield and quality. More recently, insecticide regulation and resistance brought new ...

Some recent high temperatures have allowed for the accumulation of Growing Degree Days, which means that it is time to ...

If you manage fields with alfalfa, now is the time to be scouting for alfalfa weevil larvae in northern Indiana. Christian Krupke, Purdue Field Crops Pest Management Specialist, recently said that ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames. By Gennaro Tomma Living things have long needed to find ways to survive ...

Above: tip feeding on alfalfa by alfalfa weevil larvae. Note the larva curled up in the lower right of the photo. Photo by Purdue University. If you are involved with alfalfa production, you may ...