Maize is a staple food crop for many subsistence farmers. Destructive pests have emerged causing crop losses.The cheering news is that scientists have developed disease-resistant varieties of maize.

Maize's evolution, global importance, and newfound plant communication discovery offer insights into sustainable agriculture ...

Two species of insects that can fight major maize pests have been discovered in Kenya. The species named Cotesia Icipe and Cotesia typhae were discovered after years of research in Kenya by ...

Almost all of Africa’s maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research published in the journal Frontiers in Insect Science. The ...

NAIROBI: Controlling pests in maize at the growing stage is an important measure in reducing damage, which leads to loss in the overall yield at harvest. Some common pests in maize at early stages of ...

The dreaded crop-eating fall armyworm continues to spread across Africa like wildfire. This invasive insect pest, first reported in Africa in early 2016, is in more than 20 African countries including ...

By Dickens OkinyiDelays in adopting advanced maize, cotton, and potato varieties have cost the country a staggering KSh 20.4 billion in just five years. The losses could have boosted food security, ...

The Federal Government and the research community have stepped up efforts to contain a maize disease threatening food security. Ogun State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) had reported cases ...

The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However ...

Paul-andré Calatayud is employed by IRD and is a visiting scientist at icipe. He receives funding for his research from both IRD and icipe. Sevgan Subramanian receives funding from icipe and the ...

Almost all of Africa's maize crop is at risk from the devastating fall armyworm pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) according to new research. Scientists have highlighted how almost the entire African maize ...