The most effective pest control measures for fruit, shade or ornamental trees during 2019 will be applied this December and January. Many gardeners consider the application of oils as an organic ...

This article is for everyone who is growing a lychee tree, knows someone who is growing one, or wants to plant one. There is a pest in the state that is a serious threat to lychee trees, so everyone ...

A new open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management offers maple tree owners information about the biology, damage, and management for the most important pests of maples with an ...

Give your tree another look before you bring it inside. Looking through the foliage with a flashlight can help you spot pests or their eggs. Aphids are one common Christmas tree pest that Orkin warns ...

On your property, insects and microorganisms abound. If this is news to you, don’t go running for the sprays and bug bombs. This is a natural and beneficial state. Insects and microorganisms are key ...

What would you say is the greatest threat to the survival of our trees? Deforestation? Climate change? How about disease? Many of us don't really think about trees getting sick or infected but pests ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive aphid-like insect, is destroying Pennsylvania’s state tree and its forest. It is a headache to many homeowners and conservationists, but there are ways to ...

The cultivation of vanilla in Madagascar provides a good income for small-holder farmers, but without trees and bushes the plantations can lack biodiversity. Agricultural ecologists from the ...

Trudy Paap receives funding from the National Research Foundation and the Tree Protection Co-operative Progamme. More than two years have passed since the detection of what is arguably the most ...