Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack. Symbiotic ants ...

The first clue doesn’t always look dramatic. A fresh flush of green appears on a plant, full of promise and energy, and then ...

For pea aphids, the ability to go forth and multiply can depend on a single gene, according to new research. An overheated aphid with a mutation in that gene can't reproduce. The gene isn't even in ...

Discover why and how to check for aphids in early spring. These destructive pests emerge in now to feed on new growth. It ...

Aphids have not waited for summer to make their move this year. Gardeners across the Southeast have spotted clusters of tiny green, black, and even pink insects coating tender new growth weeks ahead ...

One of the weirdest things about pea aphids is their reproductive cycle. Most animals reproduce in one of two ways: asexually or sexually. But the pea aphid does not stick to just one type of ...

Human management practices and large detritivores such as earthworms incorporate plant litter into the soil, thereby forming a heterogeneous soil environment from which plant roots extract nutrients.

Aphids are very common in most home gardens and they can be one of the peskiest pests that you can find in your vegetable garden. Aphids have tiny (adults are under a quarter inch), soft pear-shaped ...

WORTHINGTON, Minn. — Round Lake farmer Tom Wiese pointed out a winged aphid on the underside of a leaf in his soybean field, as crops specialist Liz Stahl looked on. Aphid populations across southwest ...

Aphids are tiny insects that suck the sap from a houseplant's leaves. Neem oil and diatomaceous earth are the best organic solutions to use to rid plants of aphids. Keeping a plant healthy and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A strong spray of water from your hose can safely knock aphids off pepper plants, but it may take a few rounds to fully clear them ...