It even survives the winter by living in the roots of cereal crops like wheat. Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of ...

Meet the leafhopper. Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter temperatures and is ...

Experts argue that the leafhopper population has surged in recent months largely due to the lack of frosts during last year's Southern Hemisphere winter, which likely would have killed off the insect.

The leafhopper is endemic to the northern part of Argentina and in 2024 it was detected earlier than in previous years. Categories: Agriculture , Economy , Argentina . Tags: agricultural exports ...

In western central Cordoba province, the main corn region of Argentina, the provincial grain exchange has estimated leafhopper-related corn losses of $1.13 billion.

A leafhopper jumped onto the next blade of grass, looking for one that isn't shrivelled. Grass had been in abundance then. It's been years, no, centuries, actually.

An Argentine scientific institute has cracked the genome of the leafhopper, the insect which carries the bacteria responsible for wiping out vast swathes of the South American nation's latest corn ...

The results showed that D. quinquenotatus was the most abundant leafhopper, whereas Dalbulus gelbus DeLong and the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (DeLong) (both Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), both ...

Beet leafhoppers can infect 300 plant species, including crops and weeds, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. While the virus is known to affect peppers, squash, and ...

Corn leafhopper insects carry pathogens that cause corn stunt disease, which can significantly impact corn development and yields depending on the timing. In the battle against crop diseases, the ...

Covering a small patch of potatoes with insect mesh has highlighted the potential damage leafhopper species might be doing to the UK crop. Grown under the mesh, the processing variety Markies was ...