After years of decline, the industry is seeing infections, not only increase but become more difficult to detect
Russell Groves has noticed a troubling trend for potato seed growers in his home state of Wisconsin in recent years. The University of Wisconsin entomologist specializes in insect-transmitted vegetable plant diseases, and he says after a period of decline, potato virus Y (PVY) infections have begun to increase for seed potato growers. “From about theThey’re slow workers, but spurge-eating beetles can have a big impact on infested pastures and hay land
Having found a beetle with a taste for leafy spurge, researchers are now trying to figure out how to get the insects to gobble up more of the noxious, invasive weed. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers from Brandon Research Centre are in the final year of a three-year study of beetles chowing down on leafy
