wireworms

UF Study Helps Save Revenue, Farms From Wireworms

Dan Field Crops, Florida, Industry News Release

by Beverly James University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences  Scientists with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are helping state growers save money by managing wireworms in their sweet potato farms. Wireworms became a problem in Florida after sweet potato growers converted fields previously used to grow grain crops, said Robert Hochmuth, director …