Scientists characterise a natural pathogenic fungi to help save eucalyptus forests from devastating pest

Eucalyptus snout beetle can cause great damage, but fungi could be used to develop a bio-pesticide for sustainable forestry

Aphid, thrips threaten vegetable crops, pulses as February temperatures soar across north India

Ideal weather conditions for pest attacks unusually early in the year

Extreme heat, drought make crops more vulnerable to soil-borne diseases: Study

Plant-eating fungus in the soil flourished at high temperatures, researchers found

Climate change may cause up to 38% decline of low & mid latitude deodar trees

Droughts and heat stress may also cause infestation in trees, research notes

Earwigs are the hero single mothers of the insect world – and good for your garden too

They are nature’s pest controllers

Cotton Curse: Pheromone-based mating disruption technology may help control pink bollworm

Experiments show 90% reduction in losses, improved yield

Cotton Curse: Damage by pink bollworm to Bt Cotton worst in two decades

Farmers say damage by pink bollworm worse than American bollworm for which the Bt Cotton hybrid was created  

Warm temperatures for prolonged periods may have led to massive pest attack in Assam

28,000 hectares of paddy crop in 15 districts destroyed by armyworm

Cotton Curse: Bt Cotton losses by pink bollworm pushing farmers to brink of suicide

Part 1: Recurring losses due to pests in North India compounding farmers’ distress, finds DTE ground report 

‘Grains not stored properly in FCI godown, rotting food creating pest hazard’

NGT orders probe into biological hazard at Punjab storage, forms joint panel

Rajasthan Locust Attack: Both state, Centre need to shed complacency

Between 1993 and 2020, the governments hardly invested in locust control departments

To protect India’s bees, we need to understand their impact on agricultural practices

 Farmers worry about effect of genetically modified crops on honey bees

Warming temperatures increasing pest attacks, reducing yield, claim Rajasthan farmers

New and wider infestations by pests causing mass destruction of harvest

Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale

The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade

Cotton Curse: No buyers for salvaged produce after pink bollworm wreaks havoc

Labourers refuse to pick leftover crop as yield too low and traders refuse to buy citing poor quality

Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies

Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre

Scientists write to PM against ICAR ‘gag order’ on GM mustard

Health and safety of crops draw concern from scientific community

Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm developed resistance to Bt Cotton

Entomologists say early and late sowing, long-duration crops and not planting other varieties against advice may have contributed to resistance …

Ecologically based rodent management can help control pests in rural India

Full community engagement, reducing access to food and shelter and direct killing is the best way to manage rodent populations

Trichomes the real heroes in natural farming

These small, smooth hair protect plants from insects and stop fungal spores from germinating

Genetically modified cowpea clears its first hurdle in Ghana, but there’s a long way to go

GM crops represent a potentially important tool for the country’s food security strategy

Locust attack: Global swarming

The increase in frequency of climate change-triggered events, like cyclones, has resulted in extended and multiple breeding seasons of locusts …

Why India is vulnerable to attacks by alien species

The country has faced at least 10 major invasive pest and weed attacks in the past 15 years, with most recent being the fall armyworm that …

Fall Armyworm controlled in Odisha

Timely intervention and sustained awareness programmes by state agriculture dept prevented crop loss    

Quelea: Environmentalists protest Kenyan government’s move to poison millions of ‘feathered locusts’

Experts champion mechanical control of the birds & other alternative methods like monitoring their breeding & migratory patterns, …