Meet the leafhopper. The world’s No. 3 corn exporting country has slashed millions of tons from its harvest projections for the current crop due to a rare plague of the insect that can carry a ...

Meet the leafhopper. The world's No. 3 corn exporting country has slashed millions of tons from its harvest projections for the current crop due to a rare plague of the insect that can carry a ...

BUENOS AIRES, June 25 (Reuters) - 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 ...

FILE PHOTO: A leafhopper bug ravages Argentina's corn crop in climate warning to farmers ...

Plant diseases such as red crown rot in soybeans are moving into more parts of the Midwest, and last year, Extension personnel in Missouri and Oklahoma identified corn leafhopper and corn stunt ...

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 ...

It may come in the form of a leafhopper infestation that's plaguing Argentina's corn crops. That could be particularly problematic for the commodity's prices given that that country is the second ...

The corn leafhopper, an invasive insect native to Mexico that has spread extensively and caused economic losses across the Americas, was identified in Minnesota for the first time this fall ...

Farmers in Argentina are struggling to contain an infestation of leafhopper bugs in the country’s %Corn fields. A leafhopper is a yellow insect that thrives in hotter temperatures and is ...

However, the impact of the leafhopper on corn, particularly late corn, cuts the estimate of yellow grain production“ by 11% than expected a month ago,” the document stated. “While a month ...