Given the corn price outlook, this is not the year to ignore any “sometimes a problem” pest like corn stalk borer -- especially if you’ve encountered it in corn before. It has a tendency to persist in ...

Young common stalk borer larvae are cream-colored with dark purple or brown longitudinal stripes on the thorax and abdomen. A narrow cream dorsal stripe runs from behind the head to the anal plate, ...

Stalk borers are an occasional pest of corn in Nebraska. Stalk borer damage in corn commonly is confined to plants in the first few rows near field margins, fence rows, grass terraces, and waterways.

First generation moths prefer taller and early planted fields for laying eggs; your non-Bt hybrid cornfields should be scouted the next 2 to 3 weeks. Some hybrids have useful resistance to the first ...

Tomato plants that die should be pulled and destroyed. The destruction of the plants may also kill the stalk borer. Cutting or mowing tall weedy areas around vegetable gardens may also help control ...

Farmers in at least 11 counties are staring at massive crop failure after the stubborn armyworm and stalk borer invaded their farms. The worm, that can eat up to 10 times its body mass, has been ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - A recent, informal survey of sunflower fields in Hughes and Sully Counties revealed the presence of Dectes stem borer in roots or at the base of many of the sunflower stems. Ruth ...