Ever spot an earthworm wriggling in the soil? A new study has found that they actually pull a lot of weight down there, ...

Hammerhead worms, an invasive species from Asia, are a toxic menace — but chopping them up can do more harm than good.

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If you grow tomatoes in your garden, for instance, root-knot nematodes can cause total crop failure. Four main types of nematodes occur in soil. Each group has expert scientists studying their ...

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s wormwise programme manager Dr Ginny Dodunski offers advice on preweaning lamb management and ...

“Though the army worms die after spraying the pesticides, the genes are left and it can damage the crops due to increase in temperature. So it is good if the farmer burns out their field after ...

The cotton market pulled up its bootstraps a bit over the past week as USDA’s November supply demand report was marginally ...

Nematodes are tiny worm-like little pests and you really need a microscope to see them Nematodes are tiny worm-like little pests that can do enormous amounts of damage to crops. If they build up ...

and this is a crucial period for the crop as Heliothis arsizoser (a worm) is expected to attack the buds of the crop,” Joint Director of Agriculture Department Ratendra Nath Sugur has said.

Kenya is staring at a major food security crisis in the face of an invasion by the devastating fall army worms that are devouring maize crops in 13 counties and spreading fast to other counties.