Later this week, fall finally brings the respite of cooler temperatures and a much-needed drink of rainfall. While the cool-season species such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass that dominate most of the Indiana lawnscape revel in this well deserved breather from disease pressure and high temperature stress, the metabolism of warm season plant species[Read More…]
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Dead man’s fingers is an apt moniker for a gruesome-looking fungus (Xylaria polymorpha and related species) that produces club-shaped fungal fruiting bodies that appear as fingers growing around the base of dying or dead woody plants and even wooden objects in soil (Fig. 1). With more than 25 species of Xylaria, generalizations are difficult to[Read More…]
Mites are eight-legged arthropods who pierce plant cells to feed on them. Plants that are attacked by mites lose their green color and appear somewhat bronzed. Spider mites will make webs to help them forage on leaves unencumbered by irregular leaf surfaces. The accumulation of webs, and old skins of mites can give heavily infested[Read More…]
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