BACOLOD CITY—A massive insect infestation threatening thousands of hectares of sugarcane plantations in the Visayas has prompted an emergency meeting between sugar producers and Negros Occidental ...

BACOLOD CITY—The General Alliance of Workers Associations (GAWA) on Thursday called for immediate and direct government ...

MORE than 2,200 hectares of sugarcane plantations in the Visayas have been infested by red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) as of June 5, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). Based ...

Crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state of Delaware, are prized for their beauty, exfoliating bark in shades of silver and cinnamon, and long-lasting flowers in a ...

Sugar industry stakeholders and the government are coordinating efforts against the ongoing, red-striped soft scale ...

BACOLOD CITY — The red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation has expanded across sugar-producing plantations in the Visayas, increasing from 87 hectares on May 22 to 1,505 hectares as of June ...

RSSI infestation in Luzon's sugarcane farms dropped to 233.42 hectares this year from 1,578.25 hectares last year, as ...

The United Sugar Producers’ Federation of the Philippines (UNIFED), the country’s largest independent sugar planters’ group, ...

Many gardeners, as well as the horticulturists at the Chicago Botanic Garden, had issues with magnolia scale last year, and it’s a pest to watch closely for in 2025. The Garden’s plant health care ...

AREAS affected by the red striped soft-scale insect (RSSI) infestation in the country have expanded to 2,249.48 hectares as ...

Spring beauty is fleeting, and so is the opportunity to stop scale insects that live on the bark of magnolia trees and suck their sap. “With scale insects, timing is everything,” said Sharon Yiesla, ...