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As insecticides constantly change, using North Carolina State University's infestation predictor tool can help farmers be proactive about thrips.

Cutbacks to a key source of info on pesticide usage in the U.S. could leave scientists and the public in the dark about impacts on the environment.

Soil temperature indicates where the corn earworm can survive the winter. The finding could help farmers control the ravaging pests more effectively.

Researchers focused the study on a pest that typically ravages corn, cotton, soybeans, peppers, tomatoes and other vegetable crops.

Learn how researchers are digging in to get a leg up on corn earworm.

According to a recent study from North Carolina State University, soil temperature can be used to efficiently track and forecast the movement of the corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea), a significant pest that decimates vegetable crops, such as corn, cotton, soybeans, peppers, and tomatoes.

Milder winters could threaten crop yields as plant-eating insects spread northwards and become more voracious, researchers say

Scientists at North Carolina State University say the corn earworm is the costliest pest in the United States and thrives in warmer weather.