BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Agriculture in Negros Island Region (DA-NIR) has reassured farmers and residents that the ...
Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Notably, their persistent ability to ...
With temperatures creeping up as the climate warms, those very hungry caterpillars could get even hungrier, and more abundant. Crop losses to pests may grow. Insects will be “eating more of our lunch, ...
The effect of a small insect that played havoc with local rice crops last fall remains unknown for 2026 as planting season ...
THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) on Tuesday urged farmers to take proactive measures against potential pest ...
Some rice farmers in Mangaldan, Pangasinan continued harvesting palay this January 2026, trying to recover what was left of ...
Climate change might lead to bigger populations of hungrier insects. This could have serious consequences for grain-growing regions in the Northwest and across the world. "And, of course, the impacts ...
Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Notably, their persistent ability to ...