The threat of wireworm damage is a growing concern for UK potato producers as a perfect storm of risk factors create optimum conditions for the soil-dwelling pest to thrive. Growers are encouraged to ...

Potato farmers worldwide are facing a threat that's literally eating into their profits, reported Potato News Today. Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, are tunneling through potato tubers at an ...

In an already low-yielding potato year, the pest is now hollowing out many agricultural livelihoods. Lorenz Mayr, Vice President of the Chamber of Agriculture, emphasizes the importance of building ...

BURLEY • If you see patches of green in an otherwise mature grain field, you most likely have wireworm damage. Wireworms feed on the roots of growing plants, delaying maturity in the affected plants.

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Sep., 1989), pp. 503-510 (8 pages) Experiments were conducted during two consecutive growing seasons to evaluate food baits for pre-plant sampling of ...

When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, scientists have sought a solution in the form of ...

A Houdini of pests, the meager wireworm can be an unwanted guest for multiple crop seasons. Often called a secondary pest, this worm-then-beetle can stop crops in their tracks by snacking on seeds and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The southern potato wireworm (Conoderus falli Lane), a destructive pest of vegetable crops in southeastern U. S., has been present in southern ...

I've had problems the past year or two with something, insects I suppose, boring holes into my carrots, potatoes and radishes. Any idea what it might be and what I can do? A: Bugs like vegetables as ...

Q. I hope you can help me. I like to plant a garden. My problem is my potatoes. They develop holes in them later on in their development. These holes are about a quarter-inch in size and about a ...

There are three common underground insect pests often encountered while preparing garden soil or planting a garden. They are grubs, wireworms and cutworms. Grubs are the larval stage of an assortment ...