When fields of oilseed rape are exposed to diesel exhaust and/or ozone -- both found in emissions from diesel burning vehicles and industry -- the number of parasitic insects available to control ...

Turning loose a non-native wasp to sting and kill an aphid that feasts on wheat and barley in the Western U.S. has received an environmental endorsement from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- South Dakota State University researchers put out tiny Asian parasitic wasps at a dozen sites across eastern South Dakota this year to see if they have an impact on soybean aphids.

The term "beneficial virus" sounds like an oxymoron. But for pea aphids under attack by parasitic wasps, carrying infected bacteria is the difference between life and a slow death, according to new ...

University of Iowa Forbes Lab researchers documented evidence of a parasitic wasp called Euderus set that can use multiple species of the insect as its host. UI Ph.D. candidate Anna Ward worked on the ...

Q:I live on 40 acres in western Sonoma County. I keep a small garden and mixed fruit tree orchard. Last summer, there was a huge number of yellow jackets on the land - rather annoying when one tried ...

Anagyrus lopezi (Courtesy: by CIAT (Anagyrus lopezi) CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons Biological control – the ...