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  • 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 …