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2011 Regional IPM Projects Help Find Solutions for Stink Bugs, Ticks, and...
The Southern Regional IPM (S-RIPM) Competitive Grants Program funds projects that help to solve pest problems while reducing risks to human health and the environment. In 2011, the program has awarded...
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Nematodes with Pest-Fighting Potential Identified
From USDA ARS: Formosan subterranean termites could be in for a real headache. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified species of roundworms, or “nematodes,” that invade the...
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Mystery of nematode pest-resistant soybeans cracked
From Delta Farm Press For 50 years, the world’s soybean crop has depended on the use of cyst nematode-resistant varieties of beans, but no one knew how these plants fought off the nematode pests. Now,...
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Soil disease control starts with soil sampling
From Delta Farm Press Two of the greatest soilborne concerns in the Mid-South soybean world, according to Mississippi Extension Plant Pathologist Tom Allen, are reniform and root-knot nematodes....
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Nematodes Encapsulated to Better Battle Corn Pests
From USDA Agricultural Research Service Nematodes have shown promise as biological control agents in the fight against the western corn rootworm, whose larval stage is a costly pest of corn in the...
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UGA researchers taking part in soybean root-knot-nematode resistance program
In Southeast Farm Press By Randy Mertens, University of Missouri Scientists from the University of Georgia, the University of Missouri and the Beijing Genome Institute have teamed up to use...
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TifGuard variety will give Georgia peanut growers help in nematode battle
By Clint Thompson, University of Georgia In Southeast Farm Press Nematodes can have a devastating and costly effect on peanut crops. However, a new nematode resistant peanut variety, bred by Georgia...
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Cotton nematodes spreading by hitching ride inside earthworms
In Southeast Farm Press By Jamie Creamer, Auburn University Auburn University plant pathologist Kathy Lawrence was a bit mystified a few years back when research in her lab revealed that soil-...
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Be as proactive as possible with nematodes
In Delta Farm Press Many Mississippi cotton producers have nematode problems that are costing them yield and dollars, says Tom Allen, yet they often may not know they have the pests, or if they do they...
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