Soybean aphids have been spotted in a few fields in southern Ontario that haven’t seen soybean aphids in quite a few years. As soybeans begin to enter R1, weekly scouting […] Read more
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Scouting advised for soybean aphids

Controlling insect pests without harming beneficial insect species
Science Notes: Horizontally transferred genes in insect genomes can selectively kill green peach aphids
Killing crop-damaging insects by targeting genes essential to their survival is a promising approach to pest control. Because essential genes are often conserved across multiple insect species, the challenge is […] Read more