The two-year project assessed insect populations in cornfields on 53 farms in eastern South Dakota

As part of the study, researchers focused on algae and other plant life to see how they were affected

Changes in personality of jumping spiders suggest effects of insecticide exposure may have been underestimated

A novel insecticide targets a specific gene in a pest, killing only that bug species on crops and avoiding collateral damage to beneficial insects caused by today’s pesticides.

Scientists recreate natural insect repellent.

Janine Sherrier, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, is part of a team that has been awarded $6.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the legume Medicago truncatula.