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Vespula pennsylvanica / maculiforna / germanica / vulgaris / squamosa and DolichovespulaThe dog days of summer…fresh water melon, ice cream, p

Late blight is a serious disease that may affect tomatoes and potatoes. It can rapidly destroy entire fields and ruin a farmer’s income for the year. And it may affect crops in home gardens severely as well.You may not realize it, but you are probably already familiar with the

The squash bug is a pernicious insect, one of the most common and serious pests of cucurbit plants like squash and pumpkins, as well as cucumbers and melons, though typically to a lesser degree.Unfortunately, these bugs are widespread throughou

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA) is a type of bacterium that is found in soils throughout the world and also on dried foods and fresh produce.Many strains of these bacteria enhance plant growth and inhibit plant pathog

Two species of the fungus Alternaria, A. brassicicola and A. brassicae, can cause leaf spot on turnips.You will know that you have Alternaria leaf spots on your turnip or rutubaga leaves when t

Bot rot, also known as white rot, is caused by the fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea. Infection can result in a complex of diseases – two types of fruit rot and cankers on the limbs and twigs.This pathogen infects not only apples and crabapples but also a number

Is this a familiar scenario? You get up after a good night’s sleep and check your garden. It looks like there are notches on your bergenia leaves that weren’t there yesterday. Could that be…?While bergenia is generally resistant to pests,

While powdery mildews don’t kill their hosts, they sure do a number on them. And that is particularly true for powdery mildew of apples and crabapples, caused by Podosphaera leucotricha.This pathogen attacks both cultivated and wild apples

You know those fruit flies that hover and get in your face when you have fruit that got too ripe? The ones that scientists use as model systems to advance medicine?They are highly annoying but don’t do much harm. The common fruit fl

In the 1880s, a new disease decimated vineyards in the Los Angeles basin. California’s first professional plant pathologist, Newton B. Pierce, studied the disease and was rewarded with its being named after him.More than a century later, Pierce’s disease is still a major threat to vineyard

Bacterial diseases of turnip leaves are very serious infections.There are no highly effective controls for them, and once they have infected a field, the diseases can quickly spread throughout a whole field an

Bacillus subtilis is a species of bacteria that can survive in the soil for long periods. Many strains are highly effective at colonizing plant roots and controlling plant pathogens.They can act directly against other microbes by producing a varie