Wheat stem sawfly is a native insect that feeds on grasses in Colorado. The insect was first identified by entomologists in Colorado around the late 1800s and primarily fed on range grasses. However, ...

Gardeners know that amidst the promises of each new growing season come its challenges, usually in the form of weather or pests. A common insect pest this time of year are sawfly larvae, which feed on ...

Wheat stem sawfly is a native insect that feeds on grasses in Colorado. The insect was first identified by entomologists in Colorado around the late 1800’s and primarily fed on range grasses. However, ...

Hey and Steer 1 have expressed the belief that nicotine acts mainly as an ovicide when used for controlling apple sawfly, though it is also toxic to the larvæ. They quote, however, other authors who ...

RICHARDTON, N.D. -- Vern Tormaschy was putting on anhydrous ammonia, preparing ground for the Mott variety of spring wheat in 2012. Going to Mott is a strategy that worked in 2011 after losing half of ...

BOZEMAN - Many wheat growers have reported very heavy yield losses due to wheat stem sawfly this year. Some had thought the prolonged cool weather earlier this year would lessen the pressure caused by ...