Wheat stem sawfly is a native insect that feeds on grasses in Colorado. The insect was first identified by entomologists in Colorado around the late 1800’s and primarily fed on range grasses. However, ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana State University says it might have an answer to a $100-million-a-year problem for the state's wheat farmers. Researchers report they've identified an insecticide to kill ...

Wheat stem sawfly is a native insect that feeds on grasses in Colorado. The insect was first identified by entomologists in Colorado around the late 1800s and primarily fed on range grasses. However, ...

One University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team is exploring a unique tactic for combatting Nebraska’s wheat stem sawfly woes. A native to Nebraska, the wheat stem sawfly has become a big problem for ...

BOZEMAN - Many wheat growers have reported very heavy yield losses due to wheat stem sawfly this year. Some had thought the prolonged cool weather earlier this year would lessen the pressure caused by ...

Students researched sawfly biocontrols and the use of remote sensing to model infestation in fields. Two graduate students in Montana State University's College of Agriculture have published new ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Researchers at Montana State University published new research about stem sawflies, which cost agricultural producers millions annually. Doctoral student Jackson Strand, master’s ...

BOZEMAN - From Congress and companies to state organizations and individual grain growers in locations like Turner, Loring and Flaxville, Montanans are mounting a campaign aimed at the eventual defeat ...

Wheat stem sawfly has been a very significant pest of wheat in the northern wheat producing regions of the nation such as Montana and North Dakota and well into Canada. Larvae cut and weaken the stems ...

A group of researchers from Montana State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, and North Dakota State University are being led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the ...