Soybean aphids can be seen on the underside of a soybean leaf. Photo courtesy of OSU Extension, Hardin County HARDIN COUNTY – You know how at the end of the horror movie there’s always some hint that ...

Though their life cycles differ, soybean aphids and bean leaf beetles can both pose significant threats to emerging soybeans due to the timing of their own emergence. Although the first bean leaf ...

Editor’s note: The following was written by Robert Koch, University of Minnesota Extension entomologist, Anthony Hanson, Liz Stahl, Angie Peltier and Claire LaCanne, Extension educators, for the ...

Soybean aphids have kept farmers and crop specialists guessing since first appearing three years ago. The pests caused heavy yield losses in Minnesota in 2001 but failed to do much damage in 2002.

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's no bigger than the head of a pin, but an Asian insect is producing a big headache for many farmers as it stunts and kills soybeans raised for vegetable oil, tofu, soy milk, ...

NEVADA, Mo. - The Chinese soybean aphid that reduces soybean quality and lowers production was confirmed in Cedar County last year, said Pat Miller, University of Missouri extension agronomist at ...

Sometimes a quick check on Twitter can tell you whether an insect pest is showing up in farmers’ fields, ready to inflict damage on crops. In the last few days, that’s been true regarding mentions of ...

Most viral infections negatively affect an organism's health, but one plant virus in particular -- soybean vein necrosis orthotospovirus, often referred to as SVNV -- may actually benefit a type of ...

AMES, Iowa — Soybean aphid resistant varieties will be available in 2009, but the resistance will work differently than Bt corn hybrids. Unlike Bt corn hybrids, soybean aphid resistant plants won’t be ...

AMES, Iowa — At a chalkboard in his office, Rana Parshad draws a vertical y-axis for aphids and a horizontal x-axis for time. Under an exponential growth model, the associate professor of mathematics ...