By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Service Staff-retired, OSU Master
Beneficial wasp found in Asian giant hornet hunt. (Calvin Bratt, Lynden Tribune) https://bit.ly/3vpTUNj
WATCH!- A Zoom presentation with Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott on Arboricultural Myths. (State of Missouri) https://bit.ly/2OTp4fe
New Study Illuminates Dung Beetles’ Attraction to Death. (By Ed Ricciuti, Entomology Today) https://bit.ly/38JXQ1H
The Dirt on Rock Dust. (Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, Garden Professors blog) https://bit.ly/38HAgTs
VIDEO: Introduction to Lichen: Growth Forms, Reproduction, and Value. (Microcosmic via youtube) https://bit.ly/3rQU5iy
Silencing the alarm- An enzyme in the saliva of certain insects prevents their food plants from warning neighboring plants of an attack. (Sara LaJeunesse Penn State News) https://bit.ly/3vsN0H5
Why seasonal climate forecasts aren’t always accurate. (Pam Knox, The Garden Professors) https://bit.ly/2ODGAEp
Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery. (Simon Fraser University, Phys.org) https://bit.ly/3qW9g92
VIDEO: Bypass vs. anvil pruners. (Oklahoma Gardening via Youtube) https://bit.ly/2OQKCZX
Cambridge moonflower: Wait over for ‘UK’s first’ bloom. (BBC) https://bbc.in/2OU5nUL
Monarch Winter 2020–21 Population Numbers Released. (Susan Day, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum) https://bit.ly/38DxlLp
WATCH: I Cannot Tell a Lie But Cherry Trees Do Die. (Jay Pschdeit, OSU via Youtube) https://bit.ly/3eHVkNa
Scientists discover attacking fungi that show promise against emerald ash borer. (University of Minnesota, via Phys Org) https://bit.ly/3eHSuYs
Compost in Seed Starting Mix: Recipe for Success…. or Failure? (John Porter, The Garden Professors) https://bit.ly/30OE1C5
To Fruit or Not to Fruit – The Story of Mast Seeding (Awkward Botany) https://bit.ly/38IiKhw
January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from winter to spring (Richard B. Primack, Boston University via The Conversation) https://bit.ly/3qRilQn
The contrarian rosarian–debunking rose mythology. (Jim Downer, The Garden Professors) https://bit.ly/3bRhJ9c
Catnip repels insects. Scientists may have finally found out how. The plant triggers a receptor that, in other animals, senses pain and itch. (Erin Garcia de Jesus, Science News) https://bit.ly/3eHMI9p
Cold Comfort (How Bees survive cold temperatures) (Jon Zawislak, U of Arkansas Extension) https://bit.ly/3cxQwYe
Parasitic plants conspire to keep hosts alive-Mistletoe sends treemail.(Jules Berstein, UC Riverside) https://bit.ly/3tkstCM
