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This study systematically evaluates the effects of straw returning practices—specifically the timing, depth, and amount—on the occurrence of major maize diseases (northern leaf blight and ear rot), ...

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An extension worker in Yambio showing fall armyworm larvae on maize – one of the most common food crops cultivated by smallholder farmers at risk from crop pests (Credit: CABI). They found, after ...

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Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings—shaped like the wings of a ...