Insect Spotlight: Japanese Beetles July 11, 2025 - From Issue: 757 By: Robert Grosdidier and Laura Ingwell Read More A familiar and dreaded sight of any home gardener is to find their rose bushes in a state of disrepair. Leaves skeletonized, flowers destroyed, and the remains crawling with iridescent[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Insect Spotlight: Meet the Harlequin Bug! June 26, 2025 - From Issue: 756 By: Laura Ingwell Read More If you haven’t had the pleasure, please allow me to introduce you to the Harlequin bug, Murgantia histronica (Figure 1). This true bug (Order Hemiptera) is equipped with piercing-sucking mouthparts[Read More…] Article Categories: Cole Crops Broccoli Cabbage Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Insect Spotlight: Cabbage Looper June 13, 2025 - From Issue: 755 By: Milena Agila and Laura Ingwell Read More Trichoplusia ni, commonly known as the cabbage looper, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. Native to North America, it is a polyphagous pest (feeds on lots of different plants)[Read More…] Article Categories: Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Kale Kohlrabi Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Pathogen Spotlight: Serratia ureilytica Causing Cucurbit Yellow Vine Disease May 2, 2025 - From Issue: 752 By: Kensy Rodriguez and Cesar Escalante Read More Introduction Cucurbit yellow vine disease (CYVD) is an emergent disease in the United States caused by the bacterium Serratia ureilytica, and it commonly affects zucchini, squash, watermelon, and melons. The[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Pathogen Plant Disease Management Spotlight
Insect Spotlight: Lygus Bugs April 18, 2025 - From Issue: 751 By: Isabela Arias and Laura Ingwell Read More Lygus is a genus of insects within the family Miridae (Order: Hemiptera, piercing-sucking true bugs) that often feed on common horticultural crops. These small insects have rather large eyes, heavily[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Insect Spotlight: Long-legged flies September 5, 2024 - From Issue: 744 By: Laura Ingwell Read More This year, we really want to familiarize our readers with beneficial flies! After learning about syrphids, blow flies, and predatory gall midges, we are going to end the season on[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight
Insect Spotlight: Lasioglossum Sweat Bees August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Robert Grosdidier and Laura Ingwell Read More Lasioglossum sweat bees are common pollinators in agricultural landscapes. These bees are small black, brown, or iridescent green/blue bees that belong to the family Halictidae. They can often be mistaken[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Weed Sptolight: Common Ragweed August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Common ragweed, annual ragweed, hogweed, hay-fever weed, Roman wormweed, and bitterweed. Latin name: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. “Ambrosia” is from Greek mythology and refers to the food or drink[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Weed Spotlight: Common Purslane August 7, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Celia Corado and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: purslane, pusley, pursley, wild portulaca, common portulaca, little hooweed, low pigweed Latin name: Portulaca oleracea L. Family: Portulacaceae (Purslane family) Life Cycle Common purslane is a summer annual[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Insect Spotlight: The Spined Stilt Bug August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Tucker Cade LaRue and Laura Ingwell Read More Description Spined stilt bugs are small, slender insects in the family Berytidae. Typically brown or bronze in color, these insects have slim bodies with long and thin legs (Figure 1).[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight
