{"id":2825,"date":"2020-10-14T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T07:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2020-10-14T22:27:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T22:27:16","slug":"october-2020-horticultural-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2020\/10\/14\/october-2020-horticultural-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2020 Horticultural Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Service Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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New OSU publication EM 9297<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Asian Giant Hornet: A potential threat to honeybee colonies in Oregon<\/strong>
New OSU publication outlines identification, life cycle, and predatory habits of the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia<\/em>).  Along with recommendations for reporting a suspected sighting in the Pacific Northwest. (Ellen Topitzhofer, Chris Hedstrom, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti, Andony Melathopoulos, Silvia I. Rondon, Gail A. Langellotto-Rhodaback, Ramesh R. Sagili) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2SPTLAP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis. \u201c<\/strong>Plants ignore the most energy-rich part of sunlight because stability matters more than efficiency, according to a new model of photosynthesis.\u201d<\/em> (Rodrigo Perez Ortega, Quantamagazine.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZuispX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiders, cobwebs proliferate this time of year; here’s why (plus fascinating spider myths and info.)<\/strong> (Oregonianlive.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2DR7gw4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Columbia Gorge Fire, PNW Disease Handbook<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Air Pollution: Ozone.<\/strong> (Jay Pschdeit, PNW Disease Handbook) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZpJ5fV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volcanic Rock Yields a New Kind of Insecticide for Mosquitoes.<\/strong> (John P. Roche Entomologytoday.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZtIOZn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Field Guide to Finding Cool Moths.<\/strong> (Ken Keffer, blog.nature.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/33jN5jb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bumblebees Are Larger in Cities, Study Finds-Bigger bees have larger brains and are better pollinators.<\/strong> (Mary Jo DiLonardo<\/a>, treehugger.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3c1NLOh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moth Fur Is the Ultimate Acoustic Armor. <\/strong>It muffles the clicks of ravenous, echolocating bats. (Matthew Taub, atlasobscura.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/35vpE9o<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Be Yellowjacket Aware.<\/strong> (Amanda Brenner, Lauren Grad, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2FpbDyW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Female Dragonflies Play Dead To Avoid Having Sex, New Video Shows.  <\/strong>Researchers believe this is a survival tactic which is rare- \u201cSexual death feigning.\u201d (Annie Garau, allthatsinteresting.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hiQljD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 194-year-old apple tree, the matriarch of the Northwest apple industry, has died.<\/strong> (CNN via www.channel3000.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3iohhzR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selecting quality trees from the nursery.<\/strong> (Edward F. Gilman, and Laura Sadowski, UF\/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2RlfLTn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some like it hot\u2026 but most do not: How high temperatures delay pollination and ripening.<\/strong> (John Porter, Gardenerprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2FksyCY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Squash blossom, OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bumblebees hate pumpkin pollen, which may help pumpkins<\/strong> (Krishna Ramanujan<\/a>, Cornell U) https:\/\/bit.ly\/33WLx08<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Service Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener Asian Giant Hornet: A potential threat to honeybee colonies in OregonNew OSU publication outlines identification, life cycle, and predatory habits of the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia).  Along with recommendations for reporting a suspected sighting in the Pacific Northwest. (Ellen Topitzhofer, Chris Hedstrom, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti,… 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-2825","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\/2825","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=2825"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2852,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions\/2852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}