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WHAT IS BIOCHAR?
Biochar is a type of charcoal produced from exposing organic
materials (woody or agricultural waste products) to heat of around
450-650°C in a low- or no-oxygen environment through the p...
Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Update
Box Tree Moth (BTM) Federal Quarantine Expanded
Research scientists at the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories – the research arm of the F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company – have developed novel Integrated Pest Management strategies to treat Bea...
Orange "Dust" from Callery Pears
Homeowners in southwest Ohio were surprised yesterday to awake to find sidewalks, cars, and streets beneath Callery pears (Pyrus calleryana) covered in a fine sprinkling of orange dust. The unusual ev...
By Caleb J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Trees in species-rich forests often suffer less damage from insect pests compared to trees in forests dominated by a few common species. Many hypotheses have been proposed...
Temperatures with the coming cold wave will be comparable to the December 2022 cold wave. Here is a comparison:
December 2022 cold snap highs and lows:
45/20, 23/-9, 12/1, 19/7, 26/13, 32/24, 51/27,...
Thomas Becker (OSU Extension, Lorain County) showed participants in this week’s weekly BYGL Zoom Inservice a nice shot of a Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata spp., family Reduviidae) lurking among flowers in...
OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati BYGL! Diagnostic Walkabout Highlight: The Redbud Leaffolder
Participants in the OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati BYGL! Diagnostic Walkabout held this past Monday at the Boone County Arboretum observed the unusual damage caused by the Redbud Leaffolder (Fascista cer...