A new seed treatment that helps wheat growers kill wireworms was recently approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, and a Washington expert calls it a “game-changer.” Teraxxa, from BASF, uses ...

BURLEY • If you see patches of green in an otherwise mature grain field, you most likely have wireworm damage. Wireworms feed on the roots of growing plants, delaying maturity in the affected plants.

The threat of wireworm damage is a growing concern for UK potato producers as a perfect storm of risk factors create optimum conditions for the soil-dwelling pest to thrive. Growers are encouraged to ...

A Houdini of pests, the meager wireworm can be an unwanted guest for multiple crop seasons. Often called a secondary pest, this worm-then-beetle can stop crops in their tracks by snacking on seeds and ...

As wireworms spread across P.E.I., costing potato growers millions of dollars by damaging crops, farmers are turning to a new rotation crop for the fight. Wireworms, the larval form of the click ...

A research scientist on P.E.I. is studying the behaviour of the wireworm in the hopes of helping stop what an Island potato farmer calls "one tough pest." In her latest research, Christine Noronha is ...

The threat of wireworm damage is a growing concern for UK potato producers as a perfect storm of risk factors create optimum conditions for the soil-dwelling pest to thrive. Growers are encouraged to ...