Wireworm damage is now an increasing risk in potato crops across the country, including eastern counties and up into the Scottish Borders. This highlights the need to understand the reasons behind its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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Malo Faleagaina, it sounds very much like you’ve got wireworm, which is the larvae of the common click beetle. They have a shiny creamy-yellow body with a reddy-brown blush at each end. Adults lay ...

Wireworm scouting is worth doing now in central and southern Alberta. Once the weather turns hot, the larvae burrow deep out ...

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.

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 ...