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How to Rid Your Garden of Potato Bugs

Dan October 16, 2019 This Land of Ours

There are some pests that are good for your garden. But one can be devastating if allowed to remain. Cathy Isom has a few tips about how to rid your garden of Potato Bugs. Thatâ€™s coming up on This Land of Ours.Â Potato bugs are a common pest in garden beds. Colorado potato beetles, in both adult and larval forms, …

NuCitrus Shows Strong HLB Tolerance
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researchers are putting genes from a non-citrus plant into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease. The newly developed plant is called NuCitrus. It’s based on a protein called Arabidopsis NPR1 (AtNPR1). The new citrus shows strong […]
Planning This Season’s Use of Brassinosteroids for Better Juice Quality
By Fernando Alferez and Divya Aryal Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a class of plant growth regulators with several effects on plant growth and development. They engage in crosstalk with other hormones like auxin, gibberellins, ethylene and abscisic acid, influencing all plant growth and development aspects including fruit maturation, but the timing of this effect appears to […]

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