Biosecurity is confident they will eradicate the obnoxious Queensland fruit fly with officers back out in force in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill today.

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing ...

Carrot flies are attracted to the plants’ particular scent, which stimulates the flies to lay eggs at the plant bases ...

A woman has credited her homemade compost for "supercharging" her vegetable patch - leading to a "whopper" of a carrot. Diana McIntyre, from Forton, Lancashire, grew the 32cm (12ins) vegetable in only ...

Rescuers clear debris at the site of an apartment building that was hit yesterday by a Russian missile, in Ternopil (Picture: Reuters) No further Nato expansion. Occupied Ukrainian territory ...

No Thanksgiving celebration is complete without my mom's carrot souffle. It holds a special place in my heart. The creaminess of the souffle is amazing, but the crunchy pecan topping takes it to the ...

Dear Helen: When can I safely remove the floating row cover that is protecting my carrots? I’ve left it on because I didn’t know how far into autumn the carrot rust flies remain active. The cloth ...

THE control of carrot fly by the application of insecticides direct to the plant rows has shown interesting anomalies when compared with that of root flies of somewhat similar habits. Calomel, for ...

Over the past few years, I’ve learned to always keep indoor fly traps on hand. The seasonal infestation is inevitable. It always starts out slow: One day, I notice a couple of fruit flies buzzing ...

HOUSTON — It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it’s real: The U.S. government is preparing to release billions of sterilized flies from airplanes over parts of Texas and ...