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5 Corn, Soybean Pests to Scout For Early
2013-05-24 16:24:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: DuPont Pioneer Regular field scouting for corn and soybean insects, pests and diseases helps growers improve crop performance each year. read more
British trees to be placed in seed bank to protect against disease and pests
2013-05-10 08:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The UK National Tree Seed Project will collect seeds from a priority list of 50 of the most vulnerable trees and shrubs, including ash, common box plants and English oak. Scientists leading the 100,000 project will conduct genetic testing on the plants to build up the first detailed picture of the different populations of trees that exist across Britain. Samples from each population will then be placed into protective storage facility at the Royal Botanic Garden's Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst...
Insect pests more plentiful in hotter parts of city than in cooler areas
2013-03-28 00:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Higher temperatures in cities can be a key driver of insect pest outbreaks on trees in urban areas, according to research published March 27 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Emily Meineke from North Carolina State University and colleagues from other institutions. The researchers found that a scale insect that exclusively feeds on oak trees was 13 times more abundant on willow oaks in the hottest parts of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina than in cooler areas of the same city, even when...
Scout for Weeds, Pests in Corn, Soybeans Early, Often, Walking the Field
2013-03-26 17:02:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Drive-By Scouts Cut Profits | Scout Crops Early, Often, Correctly or Hire a Pro "Theres nothing about scouting a farmer can't learn," says Bruce Potter, Minnesota Extension integrated pest management specialist. He, along with Ryan Wolf and Harold Watters scout extensively and train growers, crop consultants and agronomists how to scout. Scouting isn't just identifying a disease or insect pest, says Watters, an Ohio State University Extension field agronomist. read more