New worms will generally only emerge when soil moisture and temperature conditions are suitable. The degree of importance of earthworms in maintaining soil and crop productivity will vary depending on ...

“I think it’s going to be important if we’re going to grow terrestrial crops to use all the tools that we have on Earth,” she ...

Example of the damage that corn rootworms inflict on crops. The rootworm has caused more economic losses in western U.S. Corn Belt states, according to a new Purdue-led study. News organizations ...

THE Department of Science and Technology (DoST) said fungal and worm diseases were largely behind losses in the onion crop of ...