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National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Summer's Bad Guys A guide to some of the most common garden pests and their controls... |
This Old House July 6, 2000 Denny Schrock |
Working the Bugs Out Here's a safe and effective system to control the plant-eating pests in your yard. |
National Gardening Skip Richter |
Enlist Help from the Good Guys of the Garden When it comes to the garden, not all bugs are bad. Here are four simple ways to attract beneficial insects to your garden and to make sure they stay around. |
National Gardening Mark Whitelaw |
Growing Roses the Natural Way 14 friendly remedies for rose pests and diseases |
National Gardening Dan Hickey |
Beneficial Nematodes Are garden insects a problem? These little critters can help |
National Gardening Whitney Cranshaw |
Healthy Home Orchards Use basic pest control techniques to harvest a healthy fruit crop. |
National Gardening |
Insect Pests of Tomatoes Here's some basic information on several widespread pests that, like you, hanker for tomatoes. |
National Gardening |
Garden Pests 101 The best defense against garden damage from insects and disease is a long-term program of soil building. Healthy soil will produce healthy, resistant plants. |
National Gardening |
What's Bugging My Peppers? As a northern gardener, you won't have too many problems with insects bothering okra, peppers, and eggplant. Southern gardeners will have more problems. Here's a rundown of the most common pests and what can be done for them. |
National Gardening Jim Wilson |
The Day the Ladybugs Came When a blessing becomes a nusiance: lady beetles may cause inconvenience but will do no actual harm when clustered in or on houses. |
National Gardening July 2, 2003 Cathy Cromell |
Garden Guru: Whitney Cranshaw Often called upon to bridge the gap between the interests of insects and the interests of humans, Colorado author and entomology professor Whitney Cranshaw uses Integrated Pest Management's premise of working with the natural life cycles of insects to control pest problems with less pesticide. |
National Gardening |
Asparagus Beetle Two species are common. One is blue-black and common throughout the U.S. The other is orange with black spots. Both adults and larvae feed on developing spears, and later in the season, on ferny foliage. |
National Gardening |
Corn Diseases, Insects, and Pests Most of the trouble gardeners have with corn is easily controlled. |
National Gardening |
Flea Beetle Flea beetles can spread diseases such as early blight to potatoes or bacterial wilt to corn, and larvae feed on roots. |
National Gardening Alice Yarborough |
Gardening for Butterflies The plants they like and the species you may see on them... |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
The National Gardening Greenhouse The season never ends in the home solarium. |
National Gardening Walter Chandoha |
Picking, Squashing, Fetching... They are three good ways to entice children into the garden. |
National Gardening Barbara E. Richardson |
High-tech Dust Foils Pests Modified kaolin clay ushers in a new era in plant protection... |
National Gardening |
Whiteflies Found throughout the United States. These tiny, insects feed in large numbers on leaf undersides of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and other plants by sucking out plant juices. |
National Gardening |
Corn Rootworm Corn rootworm is most likely a problem in gardens where corn has grown for two seasons or more. |
National Gardening |
Colorado Potato Beetle If you see in your garden a small yellow beetle with black stripes over its wings and black spots just behind its head, say hello to the Colorado potato beetle. Potatoes are its first love, but this beetle will eagerly consume leaves of potato relatives eggplant, ground cherry, peppers, tomato, and tomatillo. |
National Gardening |
Tarnished Plant Bug Called "tarnished" for its brown-coppery color, this otherwise unassuming little bug is a major pest, especially for commercial growers. |
National Gardening |
Squash Bug This insect attacks all kinds of cucurbits, but is usually most severe on squashes and pumpkins. |
National Gardening Barbara Richardson |
Rid Your Lawn of Mole Crickets Three species of mole crickets were introduced from South America around 1900, and ever since they have been happily chewing on lawns in the southern United States. Steinernema scapterisci, a nematode, is a natural enemy of one of these introduced species, researchers have found. |
National Gardening Michael Phillips |
Growing Organic Apples How to grow blemish-free apples without resorting to unfriendly sprays |
National Gardening |
Fire Ants They're the most common and destructive of the fire ants in the United States, and they're common in all of the southern tier states. |
Salon.com December 13, 2000 Christopher Kemp |
The bugs crawl in, the bugs crawl out What kind of man lurks in dark, steamy jungles studying the insects he finds on corpses? It's all in a night's work when you're a forensic entomologist. A review of A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes, by M. Lee Goff... |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Going Batty! Gardeners are discovering that attracting bats is a smart way to control pests |
National Gardening Margery Guest |
On Becoming a Master Gardener Master Gardeners are a diverse lot. They come in many ages and from all walks of life. But the one thing they all have in common is the desire to share gardening knowledge and experience with other gardeners. |
National Gardening |
Cucumber Beetle They are more dangerous to their cucumber family hosts than many pests because they transmit deadly diseases -- mosaic and bacterial wilts. |
National Gardening Shila Patel |
Beetle Mania Japanese beetles get sick on geraniums... |
Food Processing September 2012 David Phillips |
Seasonal Approaches To Pest Control Can Prevent A Cold-Weather Invasion As summer ends and winter approaches, food plant managers need to change their focus and strategy if they want to keep insects and rodents out of their plants. |
Food Processing February 2010 Dave Fusaro |
Plan Now for This Summer's Pests Old pest management solutions are being phased out; new technologies are arriving. |
National Gardening |
Spider Mites There are many different kinds of mites, also known as spider mites, several of which parasitize plants and houseplants are a favorite target. |
BusinessWeek January 16, 2006 Arlene Weintraub |
Much Ado Over "Lethal Genes" As scientists prepare genetically engineered bugs that could wipe out pest species, environmentalists raise the alarm about unforeseen consequences |
This Old House Ashley Womble |
Troubleshoot Your Turf Surefire solutions that'll turn a thin, patchy, or weedy lawn into a barefoot-worthy expanse of green. |
National Gardening |
Scale Different species of scale insects attack various kinds of fruits in all parts of the country. |
Popular Mechanics June 26, 2009 Kyle Roerink |
6 Wildest Bug Zappers You Can Buy Now Assuming that you're not buying a zapper for the sheer pleasure of watching a bug explode, there are many alternatives to buying an electric zapper. |
National Gardening June 2000 Alain Charest |
Gardens of Quebec In June, eastern Canada along the St. Lawrence River is a gardener's paradise. Here are three reasons why. |
National Gardening |
Leafminer Many different insects are knows as leafminers, but all share the habit of tunneling between the upper and lower layers of leaves, and creating a visible, random trails or mines in the process. |
Searcher March 2001 Janet Evans |
Gardening Resources on the Web In the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Library, we work with amateur gardeners who want to learn the art and science of horticulture. Like similar libraries, we answer thousands of garden-related inquiries each year. We also routinely use and recommend informative Web sites... |
Chemistry World November 5, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Silencing the Pests Two teams of scientists have uncovered a new way to protect crops from two serious insect pests. The teams made use of a process called RNA interference to silence critical genes in the bodies of the insect larvae and stopped them growing. |
Popular Mechanics August 2008 |
5 Key Uses of Nematodes in Microscopic OR & Beyond With almost as many genes as humans and the ability to repair their nervous system, these roundworms could lead to human treatments for nerve damage. |
Popular Mechanics January 5, 2010 Adam Hadhazy |
10 Badass Beetles and the Technology They Inspire With so many beetles in a wide range of environments, it's no surprise that some have evolved impressive traits, including fantastic maneuverability, the ability to breathe underwater and superpowerful immune systems. |
Science News April 28, 2007 Janet Raloff |
Gardeners' Friend Causes a Stink An invasive ladybug species is contributing a bad taste to wines made from infested grapes. |
Food Processing September 2008 Dave Fusaro |
Keep the Bugs Away In addition to pest control, pest management programs provide valuable third-party record-keeping for food processors. |
Food Processing September 2013 Kevin T. Higgins |
Pest Management Firms Morphing Into One-Stop Bug Shops A warm place to rest and all the food and drink desired describes the appeal of all-inclusive resorts for people -- and food processing facilities for insects and other pests. |
Popular Mechanics February 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Beetle's Stomach Holds Secret to Cheap Biofuel The future of ethanol fuel might be found in the guts of a Chinese beetle. The chemistry of the beetle's stomach help it to break down trees, a skill that may benefit companies that are looking into biomass-to-ethanol plants. |
Chemistry World August 9, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Wasps Fight a Chemical Battle Scientists have developed a new technique to take chemical measurements during one-on-one wasp combat, which has enabled the researchers to identify a wasp's chemical weapon of choice when it's losing a fight. |
AskMen.com May 9, 2002 Sebastien Stefanov |
Weird Foods You're Surely Missing Out On The article explains why certain foods should be included in your diet, and if not, why they should at least be sampled once in your lifetime... |