USDA pest experts were abruptly fired last month — swept up in the Trump administration’s frenzied and turbulent efforts to ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It ...

A statewide citrus quarantine was issued recently for Mississippi after one of the most serious citrus plant diseases in the ...

The Morung Express is a people-oriented alternative newspaper based in Nagaland that was conceived from the Naga people’s historical realities and is guided by their voices and experiences. It emerged ...

Each year, we welcome the renewal that is spring, when sprouts emerge from the softened earth, thrusting toward the sun to ...

The scale itself will not kill the plants. However, the sooty mold is the real problem. The more insects, the more sooty mold there is. The mold covers the leaves which reduces photosynthesis.

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Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones, are chemicals that regulate plant cell processes. They are signal molecules produced within the plant functioning in extremely low concentrations. The ...

Plant ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology focussed on the distribution and abundance of plants, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. Crop rotation has been shown to ...