Control Squash Bugs with Natural Enemies: A Sustainable Approach

Introduction to Natural Enemies Squash bugs, Anasa tristis, are notorious pests in cucurbit crops such as squashes, pumpkins, cucumbers, and…

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Essential Pollination Partners: Honeybees, Bumblebees and Butterflies

Watch following video about pollination by Bumblebees and Honeybees Importance of Pollination Pollination, or cross-pollination, involves the transfer of pollen…

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How to Prevent Overwintering of Japanese Beetle Grubs Organically?

Preventing of Overwintering of Japanese Beetle (watch YouTube video) Currently, beneficial entomopathogenic nematodes (Photo 1) such as Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and…

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When is the best time to control grubs of May-June beetles with beneficial nematodes?

What are May/June Beetles? May-June beetles (Phyllophaga crinita) and Green June beetles (Cotinis nitida) are the most damaging pests of…

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Now is the best time to clean organic gardens for spring planting

Watch following video about when and how to clean organic gardens for spring planting. The spring season officially started on…

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Biological control of insect pests with praying mantis

both the nymphs and adults of mantids directly feed on many crop pests like aphids, beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, mites, crane flies, moths, butterflies and their immature stages like larvae, caterpillars, grubs and nymphs, these insects cannot produce future generations of insect pests

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