One of the most destructive maize pests – the stalk borer – has figured out a way of safely feeding on genetically modified crops even when farmers apply recently recommended strategies in ...

Stem borer pest contributes up to 40 percent loss of cereal harvest to farmers, especially maize. Both the large grain borer and the spotted stem borer are highly destructive, more-so in Sub ...

Alarmingly, 95% of the crop is also deemed climatically suitable for fall armyworm and at least three or more pests such as the maize stalk borer, Western corn rootworm and Asiatic witchweed.

Kibingo villge residents in Gatundu North have raised alarm over the heavy invasion of maize stalk borers and monkeys on their farms.

In less than a week, the maize he had planted will start to sprout. And as is the norm, pests mostly stalk borer will come for his young maize.

JavaScript is disabled! Justus Bong'o at his farm that has been invaded by armyworms and maize stalk borer at Ong'eche village in Nyando, Kisumu County. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] ...

For many years, George Otiep, 37, was selling green maize directly from his farm for fear that the maize stalk borer commonly known as ‘Osama’ would destroy his crop. This left his family ...