The two-spotted leafhopper, a new pest native to India, has been found in Mississippi cotton fields and is expected to cause ...

Some U.S. cotton farmers aren’t excited about 2026. Due to continued low prices, they may rethink how they grow the commodity ...

Combining genetically engineered cotton plants that kill caterpillars with the controlled release of sterile moths from airplanes has produced a new and highly successful approach to dramatically ...

Pilot projects for the IPM framework are being trialled in India, Pakistan and Mozambique. Credit: Shutterstock. Better Cotton said the move is in line with its focus on protecting and restoring the ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Cotton is Georgia’s top row crop, worth nearly $1 billion a year. But a new invasive insect is threatening that livelihood – and experts say the ripple effects ...

Cotton growers used to be bedeviled by boll weevils. Now, thanks to a successful large-area eradication program, the weevils are no longer a problem in most U.S. cotton fields. But stink bugs have ...

After 7 years of planting cotton genetically engineered to kill bollworms, other insects have boomed so much on Chinese farms that their owners are losing money. The new finding, from a study of ...

TUCSON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Genetically engineered cotton in Arizona, grown using a strategy mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency, is effectively controlling a common crop pest without causing ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Indian states have asked cotton farmers to step up pesticide sprays to ward off potential harmful bug attacks as dry weather conditions in some parts of the country risk ...

Widespread use of insect-resistant cotton in China is creating pest problems for fruit farmers, say researchers. Dr Kongming Wu of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing and ...

Insect damage to crops is a serious problem for farmers, consumers, and the economy at large. Genetic modification to common crops (like corn) has significantly reduced damage caused by insects that ...