A quick and easy guide to seven of the most common—and most destructive—insect pests on your household plants, plus how to ...

Of the many insect species that visit a vegetable garden, a small fraction are pests. Slugs, aphids, cabbage loopers, and ...

"Stink bugs, in particular the brown marmorated stink bug, can be devastating to tree fruit,” says Blaauw. These pests feed ...

Controlling soybean insects this fall makes spring management more effective. Learn how to combat soybean aphid and bean leaf ...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a sustainable method that combines cultural, biological, physical, and chemical controls to manage insects and diseases on plants. This minimizes environmental ...

By Bethany A. O'Rear Tomato hornworm that has been parasitized by a beneficial braconid wasp. Q. I am new to the area and have never really gardened before. The house that we just purchased has a ...

IPM: Sustainable Solutions For Insect Pests. by David Owens, Extension Specialist - Entomology When most folks think of pest management, it’s easy to picture someone spraying ‘harmful chemicals’ ...

One of the most recognizable summer garden problems is powdery mildew, a fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants.

Since the early 1970s, the University of Delaware’s Cooperative Extension Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program has coordinated a statewide insect trapping program—which includes black light traps ...