Cucumber Beetles: Spotted or Striped on Vegetables
… pumpkin, muskmelon) legumes, tomato, ornamentals, and fruits, plus many other weeds and cultivated plants. Striped: … apple, pear, green beans, okra, eggplant, and potato, plus tree and shrub blossoms. Signs/symptoms Larvae eat roots and … seedlings for larvae. Inspect chewed leaves, petals, and fruits for adults (especially leaf and fruit undersides …
Bradford Pear
… Life cycle and background No longer a recommended tree for planting, it is highly invasive. A deciduous tree bearing clusters of white flowers in early spring. One … to breakage in storms. Small round greenish-brown fruits are produced in late-spring/summer. Reproduction Seeds …
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Part 1
… In Asia, BMSB is known to attack high-value crops, such as tree fruit. BMSB has spread and become a pest of homes and more recently fruits and vegetables in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, West … BMSB is a “polyphagous” pest whose host range includes tree fruit, ornamentals, hardwood trees, and cultivated crops …
Invasives in Your Woodland
… Wineberry (Vol. 32, no. 1 - Winter 2024) 2023 Princess Tree (Vol. 31, no. 1 - Winter 2023) Chinese and Japanese … 2022) Bull Thistle (Vol. 30, no. 4 - Fall 2022) 2021 Tree-of-heaven (Vol. 29, no. 1 - Winter, 2021) Lesser …
Common Stink Bugs of the Mid-Atlantic - Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
… Two-spotted stink bug: Perillus bioculatus Rough or Tree stink bug: Brochymena spp Description and Life History: … two black oval areas on their shoulders (Fig. 6). Rough or tree stink bugs are often found in fruit trees and other … found in soybean or less often in vegetable fields. Adult tree stink bugs are brown and seem heavily sclerotized …
Leaf Key to Common Trees in Maryland (Extension Bulletin #238)
… native to the state. Others have been imported for their fruits, nuts or ornamental features. By using this bulletin, …
Fireblight Updates – 2024
… Dr. Christopher S. Walsh Fireblight Updates – 2024 Apple tree with fireblight - Photo credit: Chris Walsh This year’s …
Branching Out - Winter 2021
… of the red fox in the Woodland Wildlife Spotlight , and Tree-of-heaven in Invasives in Your Woodland, as well as … the health of your woodlands, and about a first for Tree Farm Inspectors in Maryland. Subscribe to Branching Out … and a Marylander has been chosen as the 2021National Tree Farm Inspector of the Year. Learn more >> Woodland …
Grapes and Fruit
… and research programs for viticulture (grape growing), tree and small fruits, and enology (wine making), are being created and … in starting a vineyard or transitioning to small fruits. Timely Viticulture Access the Timely Viticulture …
Cherry Laurel: Identify and Manage Problems
… are often attributed to site conditions that cause plants stress, which can weaken them and make them … in moist, well-drained soil with higher organic content. Tolerant of a range of soil acidity (pH). Best grown in full … Excessive and persistent leaf browning and branch dieback Drought and Heat Stress or Poor Site Conditions Abiotic …