The reed leafhopper (Pentastiridius leporinus) was originally a specialist, limited exclusively to reed grass as a food source. Within a few years, however, it developed into a dangerous pest that ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine scientific institute has cracked the genome of the leafhopper, the insect which carries the bacteria responsible for wiping out vast swathes of the South American ...

A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Europe’s sugar beet industry, not by biting plants, but by spreading bacteria that rob crops of their value. Once a specialist feeder, the reed leafhopper has ...

It arrived in Florida in late 2024, and the whole ecosystem changed. An invasive insect from South Asia, the two-spot cotton leafhopper is now causing havoc in America. Currently in more than 100 ...

Phytoplasmas are bacteria that can invade the vascular tissues of plants, causing many different crop diseases. While most studies of phytoplasmas begin by examining plants showing disease symptoms, a ...

CORDOBA PROVINCE, Argentina, May 7 (Reuters) - Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter ...

The biggest nightmare for Brazil’s corn producers – a pest known as the corn leafhopper – causes an estimated annual loss of USD 6.5 billion. Over the four harvest seasons from 2020 to 2024, losses ...

Bathinda: The South Asia Biotechnology Centre, a scientific organisation, has revealed an infestation of green leafhoppers (jassid), commonly known as ‘hara tela', on cotton across major ...