Key Points Aphids are tiny sap-sucking pests that quickly damage houseplants.Early infestations can be controlled with water, ...

“Thank you!” Gardener outlines clever way to get rid of plant-destroying aphids without using toxic chemicals: '[This] totally worked' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) is native to Asia, and was first detected in 2000 in the United States and has become the dominant insect pest for soybeans in the Midwest. The insect is a curious ...

Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

The sugarcane aphid was first found in sorghum in the United States in 2013, in a few fields in South Texas and Louisiana, but did not become a serious problem until 2015 when it infested hundreds of ...

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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 ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Experts say farmers are winning the battle against a pest that has invaded soybean fields in Iowa since 2000. The soybean aphids, a tiny greenish-yellow insect, feed on soybean plants ...

Last year, 90% of Matthew Fitzgerald’s 450 acres of soybeans were infested with soybean aphids. An organic farmer in Hutchinson, Minnesota, Fitzgerald is one of many whose livelihoods have been ...