An insect larva that feeds on the roots of plants.
Example sentencesExamples
Fields remaining below the threshold level throughout the beetle egg-laying period are not expected to have economic populations of rootworms next year.
As the root dries out rootworm will fall out and drop into the water where they can be more easily seen.
However, not all continuous corn fields have economic infestations of corn rootworms.
Late maturing fields are particularly susceptible to corn rootworms moving into them from nearby earlier maturing fields.
The presence of adult beetles or rootworms in a field is not necessarily an indication of insecticide failure.
Where first year corn rootworm is not a problem, annual rotation of corn with an alternative crop will eliminate rootworm problems.
Without check strips, you won't know whether the absence of injury is due to insecticide efficacy or the absence of rootworms.
Crop rotation is still the best approach to reduce densities of western corn rootworms in Nebraska.
We are seeing root feeding from root worms, some of which are nearing maturity, while some are still hatching.
The western corn rootworms themselves began rotating fields, to make sure future generations were always born in a cornfield, not a soybean field.
Transgenic corn provides excellent control of corn rootworms in most instances.
Twenty years ago, managing corn rootworms was simple: just rotate crops from corn to soybeans.
Reducing losses resulting from rootworm on continuous corn is the predominant objective of most soil insecticide applications.
Almost every acre of corn in Texas is treated with soil insecticides at planting to limit root damage caused by rootworm.
The refuge helps prevent the development of resistance to European corn borer and corn rootworm.
Corn rootworms are the target of almost half the insecticides used in row crops in this country, requiring more insecticide than any other pest.
The corn rootworm enjoys the dubious distinction of triggering more insecticide use than any other single pest in U.S. agriculture.
Planting an alternate crop in the spring literally can starve to death the new rootworms.
French and colleagues are researching the seed mix in cooperation with Monsanto and conducting other research on rootworms.
In continuous corn if beetle counts exceed 0.75 beetle per plant, damaging populations of corn rootworms are possible in that field next year.
Definition of rootworm in US English:
rootworm
nounˈro͞otˌwərm
An insect larva that feeds on the roots of plants.
Example sentencesExamples
We are seeing root feeding from root worms, some of which are nearing maturity, while some are still hatching.
As the root dries out rootworm will fall out and drop into the water where they can be more easily seen.
Reducing losses resulting from rootworm on continuous corn is the predominant objective of most soil insecticide applications.
The western corn rootworms themselves began rotating fields, to make sure future generations were always born in a cornfield, not a soybean field.
Fields remaining below the threshold level throughout the beetle egg-laying period are not expected to have economic populations of rootworms next year.
Planting an alternate crop in the spring literally can starve to death the new rootworms.
The presence of adult beetles or rootworms in a field is not necessarily an indication of insecticide failure.
Twenty years ago, managing corn rootworms was simple: just rotate crops from corn to soybeans.
Where first year corn rootworm is not a problem, annual rotation of corn with an alternative crop will eliminate rootworm problems.
In continuous corn if beetle counts exceed 0.75 beetle per plant, damaging populations of corn rootworms are possible in that field next year.
Late maturing fields are particularly susceptible to corn rootworms moving into them from nearby earlier maturing fields.
The corn rootworm enjoys the dubious distinction of triggering more insecticide use than any other single pest in U.S. agriculture.
French and colleagues are researching the seed mix in cooperation with Monsanto and conducting other research on rootworms.
Corn rootworms are the target of almost half the insecticides used in row crops in this country, requiring more insecticide than any other pest.
Transgenic corn provides excellent control of corn rootworms in most instances.
Almost every acre of corn in Texas is treated with soil insecticides at planting to limit root damage caused by rootworm.
The refuge helps prevent the development of resistance to European corn borer and corn rootworm.
Without check strips, you won't know whether the absence of injury is due to insecticide efficacy or the absence of rootworms.
Crop rotation is still the best approach to reduce densities of western corn rootworms in Nebraska.
However, not all continuous corn fields have economic infestations of corn rootworms.