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The beneficial, the bad and the ugly

Edit Naples Daily News 30 Apr 2016
Less than one half of one percent of all insects act as pests on plants. Many beneficial insects feed upon harmful ones ...   ...   ... Aphids. Aphids are small, soft bodied, sucking insects about one sixth of an inch long ... Aphids cause damage to plants as they suck the sap from the leaves and stems ... Most aphids are wingless females which give birth to live young without mating ... Beneficial insects are ladybugs, aphid lions and lacewings ... ....

Gardenias thrive in South Florida

Edit Naples Daily News 30 Apr 2016
Along with the yellow Tabebuia trees that are blooming all around town in early spring, the gardenias begin blooming. Although my gardenia facing east started blooming a month ago and is still going strong ... Trim after blooming, usually midsummer ... In the past I have seen gardenias with black like mold on the leaves (sooty mold), which usually means insects either mealy bugs, aphids, scale, white fly or all of the above together ... ....

Poor Will’s Almanack: Late spring is here

Edit Springfield News-Sun 29 Apr 2016
And the Spring arose on the garden fair,. Like the Sprit of Love felt everywhere;. And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast. Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest. — Percy Bysshe Shelly. Early May brings highs above 60 on 75 percent of the afternoons, and warm 70s or 80s an average of 55 percent of the time ... Lunar phase and lore ... on April 29 ... On the farm, hunt aphid, cutworms, sod webworms and weevils while the moon remains dark ... ....

Sugarcane aphid problem needs "a community approach"

Edit The Wichita Eagle 28 Apr 2016
Kansas State Entomologist Brian McCornack says grain sorghum producers need to work together to slow the potential spread of sugarcane aphids this growing season ... ....

Sugarcane aphid problem needs 'a community approach'

Edit The Wichita Eagle 28 Apr 2016
Kansas State entomologist Brian McCornack says grain sorghum producers need to work together to slow the potential spread of sugarcane aphids this growing season ... ....

Farmers prep for summertime sugarcane aphid threat in Kansas

Edit The Wichita Eagle 28 Apr 2016
Small pest that infests some fields of grain could return. Some worry about impact of mild winter, use of banned insecticide. Researchers in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kansas getting up to speed ... ....

Gardens: what to do this week

Edit The Guardian 23 Apr 2016
Harden off the tender veg, trap pests, grow a plant that smells of chocolate. Manage this It’s time to start hardening off tender veg like tomatoes, chillies and courgettes ... Sort this Aphids, whitefly and fungus gnats can ruin a gorgeous indoor plant ... Height and spread 45cm x 30cm ... ....

TNAU asks farmers to begin pest control of long-term crops

Edit The Times of India 23 Apr 2016
Coimbatore ... The TNAU issued an advisory asking farmers with long-term crops to start checking their plantations for pests and diseases ... The university also says there is a strong possibility of sucking pests like papaya mealybug, spiralling whitefly, woolly aphids in pulses, hoppers and mealybugs in cotton attacking agricultural and horticultural crops due to the continuous prevailing drought ... ....

Preschoolers celebrate Earth Day with ladybugs (PHOTOS)

Edit Lehigh Valley 22 Apr 2016
Things were black and white and red all over at Chesterbrook Academy in Bethlehem on Friday ... (Ladybugs eat aphids, mites and other garden pests.) ... "The children learn by doing," said Michele Somishka, the preschool's principal ... ....

TNAU warns farmers of pests and crop diseases

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
COIMBATORE ... TNAU issued an advisory to farmers ... "Farmers are advised to set up light traps to monitor and kill adult months ... The university also says there is a strong possibility of sucking pests like papaya mealybug, spiraling whitefly, woolly aphids in pulses, hoppers and mealybugs in cotton attacking agricultural and horticultural crops due to the continuous prevailing drought ... ....

A trick of the light may help diseased plants attract greenfly (University of Bristol)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
The majority of vector-transmitted plant viruses are spread between host plants by insects, in particular by sap-sucking aphids - more commonly known as greenfly - which are thought to be sensitive to polarization patterns ... Indeed, in plants infected with aphid-vectored viruses, there were different changes in the gene expression patterns of these wax genes compared with viruses which aren't transmitted by insects....

Finding a fit for fabas in western cropping systems (GRDC - Grains Research and Development Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
(Source. GRDC - Grains Research and Development Corporation). Faba beans can be an ideal `fit' for western New South Wales growers looking to reap the benefits of a diversified and productive farming system ... 'The main diseases to monitor for are rust, chocolate spot and viruses such as Bean leaf roll virus and Bean yellow mosaic virus while on the pest front, growers need to keep an eye on aphid and heliothis populations.' ... 0428 259 535....

New invasive pest identified in South Carolina wheat field (Clemson University)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
Sipha maydis aphids found on wheat plants in South Carolina ... FLORENCE - A rare, invasive aphid has been found attacking wheat crops in Hampton County. This is the first documented case of the Sipha maydis aphid in South Carolina, said Francis Reay-Jones, an entomologist at the Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence ... Sipha maydis aphid....
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