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  • What is Chilling Injury in Peaches, What Causes it, and How Can You Manage it? (FS-1141)

  • Wilt Diseases of Trees

    … ash, black locust, catalpa, cherries, and other stone fruits, elm, golden rain tree, horse chestnut, magnolia, redbud, serviceberry, smoke tree, tulip tree, and tupelo. Early symptoms usually start as …

  • All About Apple Rootstocks (FS-2022-0638)

    … that can impart important characteristics to the tree, improving the uniformity, economics and profitability … rootstocks by fusing, or “grafting,” the roots from one tree (rootstock) to the shoots, or “scion,” of another. The … scions in an effort to confer a new benefit to both the tree and the scion. This technique has been used for apples …

  • Plums

    … University of Maryland Extension. Access the Presentation Tree Fruits Web pages on Production & Harvesting, Cultivars & … and Fruit News, Vol. 15, Issue 6   Spray Program for Multi-Tree Fruit Orchards Common Fruit Herbicides* Tree Fruit …

  • Plant Growth Regulators for Controlling Apple Pre-harvest Drop

    … they begin to increase their production of the ripening hormone ethylene. As ethylene is being produced, it leads to … from its manufacturer, AgroFresh. ReTain Figure 2. ReTain application in a Honeycrisp orchard using a … can be applied using a standard commercial sprayer (Fig. 2) and is manufactured by Valent USA. NAA  Another PGR that …

  • Cytospora Canker of Spruce Trees

    … Other susceptible spruces include black, Norway, Oriental, and white. Colorado blue spruce trees are no longer … than younger ones. The disease often proceeds up the tree destroying branches and the tree’s ornamental symmetry. … also spread by wind and insects to other trees. Additional problems are also often visible on stressed and diseased …

  • Native Trees of Maryland | Small Tree, Big Impact: Why the Dwarf Chinquapin Oak Deserves a Place in Your Landscape

    … usually 3-12 ‘ tall and can be grown as a shrub or small tree. Photo © Drew Granville, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC) … while small, is ecologically mighty. Explore this small tree’s growing requirements, benefits to wildlife, and … Oak Quercus prinoides is an attractive, deciduous tree from the Beech ( Fagaceae ) family with an ovoid or …

  • Princess Tree

    … Princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa). Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, … Bugwood.org Updated: April 16, 2025 About princess tree or empress tree ( Paulownia tomentosa) Life Cycle Deciduous tree Growth …

  • Needle Cast Diseases of Evergreen Trees

    … interior needles usually are shed prematurely giving the tree a sparse thin appearance. Often the only needles … reddish brown in late winter before they fall from the tree. Infected needles on the ground below the tree develop fungal fruiting bodies that release infective …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: Goldenrain Tree

    … Present-day goldenrain tree at Monticello. Photo courtesy Thomas Jefferson … accuracy of historical records. The arrival of goldenrain tree, however, is better documented — at least as far as one … Bill Hubick, Maryland Biodiversity Project Goldenrain tree fruits. Photo by Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, …