Outdoors, a sweet potato weevil’s favorite color is red. Indoors, it’s green. You might not think that a pesky insect’s favorite color would be a matter of public concern. But for scientists trying to ...

HILO — Hawaii Island sweet potato growers are struggling to protect their crops from an invasive insect that makes harvests unmarketable. ADVERTISING HILO — Hawaii Island sweet potato growers are ...

AgBiome, an agricultural technology startup based in Research Triangle Park, has landed its second round of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a tolerance in plants against the ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Red and green traps attract more sweet potato weevils than other colors, and a Montana State University researcher who made that discovery wants to know if Montana insects react the ...

Researchers have come up with a sweet potato variety that is resilient to weevils. The crop has been under constant threat from weevils, which have reduced production in the whole of Africa. Dr Marc ...

The sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius Fabricius) is the most destructive pest of the sweet potato crop in Antigua and Barbuda and across the Caribbean. This pest inflicts significant damage both ...

LUCAN, Minn. - When John Deprez of Lucan checked his alfalfa field he saw lots of insects. The infestation prompted him to call Extension IPM specialist Bruce Potter at the University of Minnesota ...

CLEMSON — A serious pest of sweet potatoes has been confirmed in three more South Carolina counties by the Clemson University Department of Plant Industry. The discovery of the sweet potato weevil ...

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. | A mystery's going on along the Cape Fear coast, and it involves a tiny insect that has a hankering for sweet potatoes. Researchers with the N.C. Department of Agriculture want to ...

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow, but they require heat and a long growing season -- more than the amount of time listed on planting instructions. That was the conclusion drawn by the Master Gardeners ...