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 ...

(MENAFN- Yolo Wire) 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 ...

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 ...

To test suspected corn plants, green, symptomatic leaves ... future events by planting leafhopper-resistant corn varieties. “When talking about an insect, management is difficult, so treatment ...

The corn leafhopper is a tiny insect that carries pathogens that causes corn stunt disease, which can reduce growth, development and yield. The insects can also cause damage by feeding on corn.

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 ...