CFAES Give Today
Entomology

Department of Entomology

CFAES

Site

Search results

  1. Low Risk of Stewart's Disease on Corn Predicted

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/low-risk-stewarts-disease-corn-predicted

    carried and spread by adult flea beetles.   Based on the flea beetle index, conducted by Ohio State ... beetle index is calculated as the sum of the average temperatures of December, January and February. ... flea beetle survive during mild winters than during cold winters. Because of a relatively cold January, ...

  2. Soybean Germplasm Lines Show Resistance to Insect Defoliation

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-germplasm-lines-show-resistance-insect-defoliation

    defoliation against bean leaf beetle and western corn rootworm, insects that have been known to cause severe ... beetle and the western corn rootworm was significantly reduced in the germplasm lines compared to ... insect metabolisms. The resistant lines, however, did not reduce bean leaf beetle or western corn ...

  3. Stewart's Wilt Predicted Low Risk

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/stewarts-wilt-predicted-low-risk

    upon weather conditions and the mortality rate of the flea beetle — an insect that is a vector of the ... "We say this because the mortality rate of the flea beetle is high where the flea beetle index is 90 ... tracked to determine the risk level of the disease. Researchers recorded a flea beetle index of 91 in ...

  4. Media Advisory: Meeting Features Arsenal of Educational Tools in Insect, Disease Fight

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/media-advisory-meeting-features-arsenal-educational-tools-insect-disease-fight

    Determine Timing of Insect Emergence; presented by David Shetlar, OSU Extension entomologist. • 1:30 p.m.: ... Identifying Strange and Unusual Turfgrass Insects; presented by David Shetlar, OSU Extension entomologist. ...

  5. Soybean Leaf Feeders Out in Full Force

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-leaf-feeders-out-full-force

    that bean leaf beetles, Japanese beetles and grasshoppers are common in many fields across the state. ... randomly across the entire field and not just confine your scouting to field edges. Japanese beetles and ... bean leaf beetles tend to feed across the field, while grasshoppers are normally found at field ...

  6. New Ribes Trials and Compost Sock System Demo Part of Hort Field Night

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-ribes-trials-and-compost-sock-system-demo-part-hort-field-night

    banned due to the serious threat to the white pine industry from white Pine blister rust. Ribes are the ... white pine blister rust, and are available to consumers through commercial fruit nurseries. The evening ...

  7. Forgotten Wheat Pest Back in Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/forgotten-wheat-pest-back-ohio

    decades in Ohio may be making a comeback.   Cereal leaf beetle has been causing serious damage to some ... leaf beetle was a serious problem back in the 1960s and early 1970s, but through research, parasitoids ... Center. "But for the past two years, something has happened and suddenly either the beetle is doing ...

  8. OSU Expert: Warm Winter May Bring Early Insects, But Effect on Field Crops Depends More on Weather and Growers’ Planting Dates

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-expert-warm-winter-may-bring-early-insects-effect-field-crops-depends-more-weather

    leaf beetle, which damages soybeans, the corn flea beetle, which targets corn, and the alfalfa weevil ... a greater potential for injury exists.”   However, corn flea beetles in particular, and their ability to ... Hammond said. In fact, more corn flea beetles are expected this year, significantly increasing the ...

  9. Keep in Mind Insect Pests When Planting Soybeans

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/keep-mind-insect-pests-when-planting-soybeans

    leaf beetle are problematic for soybean growers and can cause economic losses either from feeding or ... keep their eye on is the bean leaf beetle, a defoliator and pod feeder that is also a vector of bean ... beetle is emerging, which may be of a concern for those growers who have already planted their ...

  10. Next Month: Advanced Biobased Systems Workshop

    https://fabe.osu.edu/news/next-month-advanced-biobased-systems-workshop

    products. The keynote speaker, Roger Wyse with Spruce Capital Partners, will provide an investor’s ...

Pages