{"id":2372,"date":"2020-02-08T22:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T22:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2020-02-08T23:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T23:02:21","slug":"horticulture-updates-february-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2020\/02\/08\/horticulture-updates-february-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticulture Updates February 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

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Asian Giant Hornet, WSDA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pest Alert: Asian Giant Hornet-<\/strong> \u201cThis month<\/em>, [December] WSDA entomologists identified a large hornet found near the Canadian border as an Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), an invasive species not previously found in Washington State<\/em>.\u201dhttps:\/\/bit.ly\/2QKRvKY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers discover a potential window for managing insects without chemicals.<\/strong> (Simon Fraser University<\/a>) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2FHfkgd<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Houseplant Problems- A diagnostic guide.<\/strong>\n\n(Paul\nC. Pecknold, Purdue University) https:\/\/bit.ly\/36JJZoZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When good plants go bad-some native plants can behave as invasive species.<\/strong> (American Society for Horticultural Science via Eurekalert.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2NfKTls<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video: The Life of Blister Beetles.<\/strong>(Insect Worlds, Episode 3 Preview, BBC Four via youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2sfZJkF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanilla is anything but Vanilla.<\/strong> (Indefenseofplants) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2FFtvTd<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to Abiotic Disorders in Plants\u200b\u200b-Great detailed info!<\/strong> (Megan Kennelly, Judith O\u2019Mara, Cary Rivard-Kansas State; G. Lee Miller, U of Missouri; Damon Smith, U of Wisconsin-Madison; American Phytopathological Society) https:\/\/bit.ly\/36P3PiM<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woodpecker damage, OSU, PNW Handbook<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Woodpeckers: Friends or Foes? <\/strong>(Bec Wolfe-Thomas, Gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2FFtoHh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oregon Small Farm News publication.<\/strong> (Oregon State University) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2R7X30X<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK insects struggling to find a home make a bee-line for foreign plants.<\/strong> \u201cNon-native plants are providing new homes for Britain\u2019s insects – some of which are rare on native plants, a new study has found.\u201d<\/em> (University of York) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3a2WX3e<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video: Travel deep inside a leaf – Annotated Version.<\/strong> (California Academy of Sciences via YouTube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2NiMN4T<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spotted Wing Drosopila, Vaughn Walton OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has been one of the worst years\u2019- Oregon farmers are losing billions to fruit flies.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>(Kelsey Christensen and KVAL.com staff via KPIC.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/36Vvgrr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horticultural Updates 2020-February<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener Pest Alert: Asian Giant Hornet- \u201cThis month, [December] WSDA entomologists identified a large hornet found near the Canadian border as an Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), an invasive species not previously found in Washington State.\u201dhttps:\/\/bit.ly\/2QKRvKY Researchers discover a potential window for managing insects without chemicals. (Simon… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6451,"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-2372","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\/2372","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\/6451"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions\/2441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}