The recent discovery of bed bugs in furniture at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) raised concerns about using furniture made from local materials.READ:https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/1/rattan-chairs-at-naia-disposed-due-to-bed-bug-infestation (Photo from Unsplash)The Department of Science...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Assistant Majority Leader and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Raul Angelo Bongalon has floated the possibility that the recent pest problems at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)...
By BENJAMIN SARONDOAngeline Sarmiento-Fraginal, 32, from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, owns Sarmiento-Fraginal Mushroom Farm (SF Mushroom Farm). Mushroom farms may be vulnerable to infestations, but Angeline said pests are not a reason to stop operating; instead, managing and controlling them can be...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte likened the New People’s Army (NPA) to pests after rebel attacks led to the suspension of face-to-face classes in Masbate.
Her comments came during her speech for the Philippine Military Academy’s (PMA) "Bagong Anyo ng Buhay (Banyuhay)" Class...
By Julius Barcelona
It would be reasonable to assume that you, dear reader, have encountered the telltale signs of a leaf miner infestation: the white scars snaking around the leaves of our crops.
The tell-tale sign of a leaf miner infestation, the winding tunnel “mined” out by the leaf...
Fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) have been invading the Philippine countryside since they first landed in the country. They are a species of moth that originated from Central America and migrated to both Africa and Asia in 2019. It is suspected that fall armyworms (FAW) entered the...
By Julius Barcelona
The common name “fruit fly” is very widely used for a number of different flies under the taxonomic order of flies: Diptera. In general, what is known as the “common fruit fly” are species under the family Drosophilidae: Drosophilidae melanogaster.
The common...
By Julius Barcelona
Aphids are small sap sucking insects with around five thousand identified species. Of these, four hundred species feed on agricultural food and fibre crops, and as such are considered an important and destructive agricultural pest. They reproduce quickly; instead of laying...
Pests are one of the various factors that farmers have to keep an eye out for to keep their crops safe and healthy. And one pest that many ASEAN countries are looking out for is the fall armyworm.
Fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) is defined by Alison Watson, head of the secretariat of the...
Pesticides are made to kill pests. But oftentimes, this also causes harm to plants and pollinators. Effects of these pesticides may result in mild to severe plant injury. Hence, using them must be controlled or reduced.
If there are no other ways to deal with the pest infestation, growers...
Throughout the world, coffee has become a widely consumed beverage. Its industry is worth billions because coffee is a highly demanded commodity enjoyed by many in different ways.
Farmers and entrepreneurs everywhere are recognizing how profitable coffee production is which is why they...
The effective management of pests on rice fields can't be achieved via a single method, but rather a combination of several practices, an expert from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) said.
This, as brown planthoppers recently infested 600 hectares (ha)...
