Spotted Lanternfly: Get Ahead of It Now! (Audio)
Click below to listen to “Spotted Lanternfly: Get Ahead of It Now!” presented by Lucas Markley, Jon Schach and Julie Urban at TCI EXPO 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, is one of the most voracious invasive insects presently spreading across the northeastern U.S. Learn the latest information to help you guide […]
Seeking a “Vaccine” for Spotted Lanternfly
In a year overshadowed by a pandemic, I wasn’t sure how the tree care industry was going to fare. I was preparing to start my spring horticultural-oil treatments when the world basically stopped. During the first couple of weeks, it seemed as if no one really knew what we were or were not allowed to […]
CSI for Bugs, Part 1: Basics for Diagnosing Problems Caused by Insects and Mites
This is part one of a four-part series of articles that has been one component of workshops on integrated pest management and plant health care sponsored by the Tree Care Industry Association over the past decade. It is designed to introduce the basics of diagnosing problems caused by insects and mites on woody landscape plants. […]
Jack O’ Lantern Fungus: A Trick Pathogen?
Several mushroom species that are known as the Jack O’ Lantern fungus are very common on and around oaks and other species in the late summer and fall (Photos 1 & 2). Knowing this fungus (Photo 3) is important to arborists, as it looks very similar to the well-known, root-killing and decay pathogen Armillaria (Photo […]
Identifying Wood-Decay Fungi
Tree care in the urban landscape often involves management of tree health, but due to the proximity to people and property, often trees need to be managed for risk as well. Sometimes this means removal, sometimes it means prevention and sometimes it means taking curative measures. Wood-decay fungi are a very important category involving risk […]