Cutworm is a generic term referring to the caterpillar of various moth species that attack herbaceous plants. Cutworms appear in swarms to eat through tender stems at the soil line, destroying ...

Q: I’m a new gardener. I was disappointed this spring when I lost plants to something that cut the plants off just above the ground, leaving the decapitated plant lying uneaten nearby. A neighbor ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Late planting, weeds, the practice of no-till and the fact the many Indiana fields are in a corn-following-soybean rotation all combine to favor an increase in black cutworm ...

Im not a queasy person about worms, insects, spiders, etc. But cutworms are gross. Really, they are. Digging away in the garden, la la la la, weeding, planting, la la la la: coming across soil full of ...

Cutworms are moth larvae that hide in the soil during the day, and then come out at night to feed on plants. They get their name from their ability to “cut off” a seedling at ground level by chewing ...

One of the key pests in our region is the Western bean cutworm (WBC). WBC feeding can reduce the quantity and quality of dry bean and corn crops. Typically, control is achieved with a foliar ...

Researchers from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are working with nanotechnology and RNA to develop new pest insect control ...

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Crop producers should start scouting for signs of western bean cutworms this week, according to a Purdue University Extension specialist, after the first signs of the corn pest were recently found in ...

The historic 2019 growing season includes challenges from increased crop insects such as resistant western bean cutworms that likely have the highest potential to adversely affect corn yields.