Java Lateblight Simulation
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View ArticleAn Update on Invasive Adelgids in New York
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View ArticleUpdates on the Arthropod Invasion
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View ArticleTreatment of Ash in New York for the Emerald Ash Borer
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View ArticleBoxwood Blight: New Disease Is On the Move
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View ArticleNew Boxwood Blight
New Boxwood Blight Daughtrey, Margery; Hudler, George A new disease caused by an aggressive introduced fungus, Calonectria pseudonaviculatum (also known as Cylindrocladium buxicola or C....
View ArticleButternut Decline: A Refreshing Ray of Hope
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Doggone Insect Pests of Dogwood! Dailey O'Brien, Dawn Three key insect pests of the tree and shrub forms of dogwoods (Cornus sp.) include dogwood borer, the dogwood sawfly and cottony maple leaf scale....
View ArticleAmerican Chestnut: Blight and the Resurrection of a Mighty Giant
American Chestnut: Blight and the Resurrection of a Mighty Giant Kenaley, Shawn The chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, is a canker pathogen capable of colonizing wounds created by...
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View ArticleDouglas-Fir Needlecast Management
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View ArticleAn Update on the Emerald Ash Borer in New York: Part 1
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View ArticleExotic Threats: Oak Splendor Beetle & Siberian Silk Moth
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View ArticleUpdate on Emerald Ash Borer and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in New York
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View ArticleThe Gall of Those Midges!
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View ArticleBlack Oak Gall Wasp? A Threat in Southeastern NY & New England
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View ArticleHorsechestnut Leaf Problems
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View ArticleWhat We Can Do To Save New York’s Hemlocks
What We Can Do To Save New York’s Hemlocks Whitmore, Mark Hemlocks in New York are currently threatened by the invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae. Distribution, insecticide...
View ArticleHawthorn Diseases and Insects
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View ArticleThe Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, A Pest We CAN Manage!
The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, A Pest We CAN Manage! Whitmore, Mark Cold temperatures have been documented as responsible for killing significant numbers of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) and have been...
View ArticleLate Summer Pests at the Entomology Diagnostic Lab
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View ArticleMatters of Scale: Wax and Azalea Bark Scales
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View ArticleSpotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula): A new invasive pest in Pennsylvania
Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula): A new invasive pest in Pennsylvania Gilrein, Dan In 2014 the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture received a report of a new pest on trees in Berks County...
View ArticleSudden Oak Death? Time for an update
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New Ornamental Pear Rust in the Neighborhood Daughtrey, Margery; Hudler, George One feature that has been in the Callery pear tree’s favor is its relative resistance (immunity?) to insects and...
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View ArticleRhododendron Problems: More Than Just Phytophthora
Rhododendron Problems: More Than Just Phytophthora Mills, Jody Although Phytophthora can be devastating to rhododendrons there are a variety of other problems that are actually more common.Cultural and...
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What is Making My Spruce Tree Drop its Needles? Dailey O'Brien, Dawn Spruce trees are susceptible to a variety of needle diseases that cause their needles to shed which can severely affect their...
View ArticleWasted Woodchips? What To Do?
Wasted Woodchips? What To Do? Hudler, George One big question that overshadows any efforts to use chips as mulch is whether or not those chips?-?if from a diseased tree?-?pose any threat to the health...
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Consumer ‘Extended Weed Control’ Products: Nothing is Foolproof! Senesac, Andy The study evaluated four ready-to-use products available to homeowners that offer postemergence weed control and...
View ArticleTAPP (Traditional Agriculture and Plant Pathology) citation database
TAPP (Traditional Agriculture and Plant Pathology) citation database Thurston, H. David The TAPP (Traditional Agriculture and Plant Pathology) citation database was compiled over two decades by Dr. H....
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