News
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Watch for potato leafhopper feeding injury to red, Norway and sugar maples
Published on June 10, 2011
When nearby alfalfa or forage fields are cut, potato leafhoppers will leave the field to look for food plants, including red, Norway and sugar maple trees. -
Cedar-apple rust disease on junipers
Published on June 8, 2011
Strange orange growths on junipers will soon spread rust disease to susceptible crabapples. -
Farm modifications for reduced arm strength or amputations
Published on June 6, 2011
Tips to making farming with limited arm strength or arm amputations easier. -
Making gardening accessible for everyone
Published on June 6, 2011
Accommodations to allow for everyone to be involved in the garden. -
Gardening with arthritis
Published on June 3, 2011
When it hurts to garden, consider these tools that could make your gardening life easier. -
Tomato transplants experiencing problems
Published on June 3, 2011
If your tomato leaves are developing irregular tan spots soon after planting, they could be getting too much sun. -
Four-lined plant bugs: Attractive with a big appetite
Published on June 3, 2011
Leaf spots on your perennials, shrubs and trees may be caused by four-lined plant bugs. -
The sign at a local market reads $1.65 for Michigan asparagus
Published on June 2, 2011
Did you know that Michigan is the 3rd largest producer of asparagus in the United States? -
Bed bugs are just plain gross!
Published on May 27, 2011
A new bed bug slide show is available on the MSU Diagnostic Services web site. -
Slog of wet weather brings on garden pests
Published on May 27, 2011
It seems like the rain gage just keeps filling up. Garden plants love it, but pests like earwigs, pillbugs and slugs, do, too.