Maize, or corn, grows tall, with thin stalks that boast ears of the cereal grain used in food production, trade and security ...

Push- Pull is a simple natural method that uses desmodium and Napier grass to control stalk borer in a maize field. In this method, desmodium, leguminous herb is planted between maize rows and ...

The food packaging trays are made from grass, straw and maize stalks Grass, straw and maize stalks could provide alternatives to plastic packaging, scientists have said. Bangor University ...

Bt maize has revolutionized pest control and many farmers have benefited, but some people remain skeptical of this new technology. Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that produces ...

Kamanja attributed the poor rains to deforestation, and advised farmers to uproot maize stalks affected by the fall armyworm. At the same time, farmers have expressed concerns over the presence of ...

"Climate change, the severity of drought and the emergence of new pests such as fall armyworms and maize stalk borer, and diseases such as maize lethal necrosis pose a real threat to food ...