When it comes to growing your own vegetables, aphids are a threat you're always on the lookout for. Plants such as broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, peppers, and a few others are more susceptible to an ...

Aphids are small, soft-bodied, slow moving insects with piercing mouthparts that suck the sap out of plants. There are about 5000 different species. They are only about ¼ inch in size and can be any ...

Aphids on tomato plants are the bane of many a gardener’s existence. While these tiny bugs may look fairly innocuous, tomato aphid damage can weaken the plant, open it up to disease, or even kill it ...

AMES, Iowa – A pair of researchers at Iowa State University drew inspiration from viruses in designing a new way to allow plants to protect themselves from aphids, pests that can drastically reduce ...

Does it ever seem that you look at one of the plants in your garden and it’s totally fine, and then the next time you look at it, it’s covered with aphids? That could be because aphid populations can ...