Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken and kill major crop pest
The corn earworm causes the loss of more than 76,000 bushels of corn in the United States annually, and there is mounting evidence that increasingly extreme weather events and temperatures will ...
House Digest on MSN1d
Common Types Of Pests Attracted To Lemon Trees (& How To Protect Them)
Knowing how to recognize and deal with pests that are commonly found on lemon trees can help to ensure your plant thrives and ...
Better forest management boosts beetle diversity in spruce plantations hit by bark beetles
As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to preserving biodiversity. A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems ...
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Maryn McKenna talks bird flu, Covid, and cycles of ‘panic and neglect’ in our public health system
By Brent Cunningham In “Bird Flu in Cows Is a Slow-Motion Disaster,” FERN’s latest publishing partnership with The New York Times opinion section, science journalist and FERN contributor Maryn ...
Real Simple on MSN4d
When to Prune Everything in Your Garden for Healthy, Thriving Plants
What to Prune and Maintain During the Spring Season. Nathan Heinrich, horticulturist and botanical designer, says when you ...
Citrus County Chronicle Online15d
Expert insights: Arborist shares knowledge about palms, citrus trees
The Citrus Hills Garden Club welcomed Paul Lloyd Jones, ISA-certified arborist, palm specialist and tree health technician ...
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Wildlife garden: how to build a log pile to attract insects
However, half of that habitat has disappeared since the 1930s, and population numbers of vital insects are declining ... Site the log pile away from living trees and shrubs, because decaying wood may ...
National Parks Traveler16d
Exploring Pine Forests And Mangroves In Grand Bahama's National Parks
Threats include climate change, coral disease, coastal development ... and “coppice forest” (full of poisonwood trees, ferns and cabbage palms) to the sandy dune area. The area attracts insects and ...
Nature18d
Copper-Deficiency Disease of Pear Trees
The affected trees show varying amounts of leaf chlorosis, followed by the death of the terminal bud and the dieback of the vigorously growing shoots.
Frontiers19d
Editorial: One Health in action: neglected tropical diseases, vector and pest management
Epidemiological surveys, identification, diagnosis, control of neglected tropical diseases, and vector and pest management should be addressed to achieve the goals of a One Health approach.
Be warned, your trendy olive tree might come with a free snake
Reptiles have been spotted on imported plants, but what we should really worry about, according to scientists, are the insects ...
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Scientists make alarming discovery about disease-spreading pests moving to new locations: 'It's definitely a trend'
This shift is raising concerns about the spread of vector-borne diseases, which are being introduced to new ... explaining that she'd been fairly lucky growing up in the high country, where these ...