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 ...

Some P.E.I. potato farmers are facing a serious infestation of wireworm and the only fix is about to be taken off the market. Wireworm is a pest that spends four years in the ground, feeding on ...

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 ...

P.E.I. potato growers now have a new pesticide to use to help fight a costly pest called wireworm. In October 2020, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency approved the registration of broflanilide, the ...

Wireworm is on the minds of P.E.I. potato farmers, many of whom gathered Tuesday to learn about new ways to combat the destructive insect. According to the P.E.I. Potato Board, the pest costs the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ongoing research on wireworm control in potatoes using RNAi technology performed by postdoc Dr. Jyoti Joshi from Dr. Gefu Wang-Pruski’s lab has drawn the attention of the national potato industry.

Originally published on May 23, 2011. Q: Last year I had a problem with wireworms in my potatoes. This is the first time I have ever had a problem. The worms were only half-acentimetre deep into the ...

P.E.I. potato farmers will soon have to wage war on wireworm without a chemical critical in the pest's eradication. (CBC) Some P.E.I. potato farmers are facing a serious infestation of wireworm and ...