OSU's Integrated Pest Management legacy lives on in new team
August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 27 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news:
Sorghum producers discovered a new pest in their crops on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the summer of 2013. Less than a year later, the sorghum aphid (known at the time as the sugarcane aphid) decimated Oklahoma sorghum, causing more than a 40% reduction in grain yields and thousands of dollars in economic losses for farmers.
Having no familiarity with the sorghum aphid, most producers di . . .
Sorghum producers discovered a new pest in their crops on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the summer of 2013. Less than a year later, the sorghum aphid (known at the time as the sugarcane aphid) decimated Oklahoma sorghum, causing more than a 40% reduction in grain yields and thousands of dollars in economic losses for farmers.
Having no familiarity with the sorghum aphid, most producers di . . .