{"id":1958,"date":"2019-10-04T20:21:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2019-10-04T20:22:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:22:30","slug":"horticulture-updates-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2019\/10\/04\/horticulture-updates-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticulture Updates October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Watch leaves change color in a matter of seconds.<\/strong>  \u201cA new time-lapse video of over 6,000 leaf photos reveals the biology behind fall foliage.  As foliage darkens in the fall, the pigments within the plant matter break down and transform.\u201d<\/em> (Emily Toomey, Smithsonianmag.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/30RTbEM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out where the fall foliage will be at its peak across the country.<\/strong>(Natalie B. Compton<\/a>, Washingtonpost.com) https:\/\/wapo.st\/2lMTXDx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Plants Measure Their CO2 Uptake.  \u201c<\/strong>Plants face a dilemma in dry conditions: they have to seal themselves off to prevent losing too much water but this also limits their uptake of carbon dioxide. A sensory network assures that the plant strikes the right balance.<\/em>\u201d https:\/\/bit.ly\/2kGvdN8<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the four finalist videos in the 2019 YouTube your entomology contest.<\/strong>(Entomologytoday.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2lPrYTB<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exposed tree roots. Michael Hoelzl\/ Creative Commons <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Great Tree Root articles with links to resources<\/strong>: SelecTree: Right tree right place.<\/strong> (selectree.calpoly) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2lMZMkA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tree roots and foundation damage.<\/strong> (The Morton Arboretum.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2kqHTaV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trees are not the root of sidewalk problems.<\/strong> (T. Davis Sydnor1, et al; Journal of Arboriculture) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2lHeYzE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soil\u2019s Microbial Market Shows the Ruthless Side of Forests.  \u201c<\/strong>In the \u2018underground economy\u2019 for soil nutrients, fungi strike hard bargains and punish plants that won\u2019t meet their price.\u201d<\/em> (Gabriel Popkin, Quantamagazine.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2lImcTU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daisies that close at night have camouflaged petals to protect them from herbivores. <\/strong>(Britishecologicalsociety.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2maXuvG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional credentials and gardening expertise: Entomologists<\/strong> (Colby Moorberg, Gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2lImiee<\/a> More info:<\/strong>  https:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOGtXL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tree and shrub sampling for disease diagnosis.<\/strong>  Watch the video and learn  what makes a good sample for diagnosis.\u201d (NC State U via youtube.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2m52m5j<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rat, OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tips for keeping rats out of home and garden.<\/strong> (Kym Pokorny, OSU; source: Dana Sanchez, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2maNfrf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could biological clocks in plants set the time for crop spraying?  \u201c<\/strong>Plants can tell the time, and this affects their responses to certain herbicides used in agriculture according to new research<\/em>\u2026\u201d (Dr. Antony Dodd, University of Bristol) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ktmhe4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the microscopic wonders of herbs!  \u201c<\/strong>A photographer reveals the intricacies of kitchen herbs. The result is otherworldly.\u201d<\/em> (Rob Dunn, nationalgeographic.com; photos by Martin Oeggerli)  https:\/\/on.natgeo.com\/2OXUEs1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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European Honey bee, University of Florida <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Surprise\u2026bees need meat!<\/strong> \u201cAsk an entomologist what makes a bee a bee, and you\u2019ll likely get some version of \u201cbees are just wasps that went vegetarian.\u201d New research shows that isn\u2019t true. Bees are actually omnivores, and their meat is microbes<\/em>.\u201d (Paige Embry, scientificamerican.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2k6deiK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journey of pollen.<\/strong>  \u201cKiel research team deciphers adhesive mechanisms in pollination.\u201d<\/em> (Kiel University) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2P8DRSZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019-October-Horticultural Updates PDF<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener Watch leaves change color in a matter of seconds.  \u201cA new time-lapse video of over 6,000 leaf photos reveals the biology behind fall foliage.  As foliage darkens in the fall, the pigments within the plant matter break down and transform.\u201d (Emily Toomey, Smithsonianmag.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/30RTbEM Find out… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1180745],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-horticulture-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2035,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions\/2035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}