Crop damage inflicted by corn root worms (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Crop damage inflicted by corn root worms

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Example of the damage that corn rootworms inflict on crops. The rootworm has caused more economic losses in western U.S. Corn Belt states, according to a new Purdue-led study.

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John Obermeyer/Purdue University Extension Entomology

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