Researchers designed a textile 'Plant Armor' that forces insects to navigate a maze-like path if they try to reach a plant. The design was more effective at blocking insects from reaching cabbage ...

This illustration shows how the "Pest-ID" tool developed by Iowa State researchers can help farmers identify and manage pests of all kinds. Image courtesy of Iowa State's Translational AI Center. Nine ...

The research could be the genesis for a giant leap in new methodologies designed to protect plants from insects and other threats. Phillip Kaufman, head of the Department of Entomology, said an ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Plants and pollinators that have survived the impacts of agriculture intensification are more likely to survive future environmental changes, new research suggests. Researchers at the ...

Researchers inoculated oilseed rape plants with a species of fungus that is known for its ability to combat pest insects. Utilizing the relationship between beneficial fungi and crop plants may ...

Researcher Michael Bredeson tells attendees at the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society conference in Fargo, North Dakota, that when farmers seed cover crops between corn rows, that can ...

Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill. Honeybees on the outside of a bee hive. U.S.