Pest & Disease Encyclopedia
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Shady Solutions for the Impatiens Downy Mildew Disease
Worried about impatiens downy mildew disease? 🌺🦠Learn how to prevent and treat it in your garden with our helpful tips!
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What You Need To Know About Yellow Jackets
Often confused with bees, yellow jackets are much more aggressive, and most reported "bee stings" may in fact be yellow jacket stings. Here are some of the most commonly asked...
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Black Scurf
Techniques for prevention and control of this fungal disease that attacks potato stems and tubers.
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Pea Weevil
Techniques for prevention and control.
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How to control fungus gnats
Fungus gnats look like fruit flies, hovering over the soil in houseplants or seedlings. It's easy to get them under control.
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Squash Vine Borer Prevention and Control
Techniques for prevention and control. Includes a video on how to remove squash-vine borers.
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How To Identify, Prevent & Control Aphids
These small, soft-bodied, pear-shaped insects cluster densely on tender new growth and the undersides of leaves to suck plant juices. Keep your plants healthy and bug-free with these tips to...
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Cucurbit Scab
Learn how to identify and prevent this fungus which can impact cukes, zucchini, and winter squash.
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Root-Knot Nematodes
Nematodes feed on the roots of a wide variety of plants, including tomatoes, celery, beans, and spinach.
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How To Identify, Prevent & Control Scarlet Lily Leaf Beetles
How to keep lily leaf beetles from destroying your lilies.
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Early Blight
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Fire Ant
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Angular Leaf Spot
Techniques for prevention and control of angular leaf spot, a bacterial disease in cucumbers, squash and melons.
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Parsnip Canker
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Sweet Potato Weevil
How to prevent the sweet potato weevil.
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Gray Mold
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Four-Lined Plant Bug
Techniques for prevention and control.
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European Corn Borer
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Phytophthora Fruit Rot
Techniques for prevention and control of a fungal disease that can affect all cucurbits, especially winter squash and pumpkins.
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Bacterial Blight
Techniques for prevention and control.
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Wireworm
Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles; their feeding can destroy corn seeds before they germinate, deform the roots of beets and carrots, and damage potato tubers.
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Leafminer
Techniques for prevention and control of leafminer larvae which can hurt leafy crops like spinach and lettuce.
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Flea Beetle
Techniques for prevention and control.