{"id":3005,"date":"2021-04-05T06:46:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T06:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2021-04-05T06:46:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T06:46:51","slug":"april-horticultural-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2021\/04\/05\/april-horticultural-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"April Horticultural Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Service Staff-retired, OSU Master<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Asian<\/a>
Asian giant hornet. Photo: Washington Department of Agriculture<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Beneficial wasp found in Asian giant hornet hunt.<\/strong> (Calvin Bratt<\/a>, Lynden Tribune) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vpTUNj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATCH!- A Zoom presentation with Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott on Arboricultural Myths.<\/strong> (State of Missouri) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2OTp4fe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Study Illuminates Dung Beetles\u2019 Attraction to Death.<\/strong> (By Ed Ricciuti, Entomology Today<\/strong>) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38JXQ1H<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dirt on Rock Dust<\/strong>. (Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, Garden Professors blog) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38HAgTs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIDEO: Introduction to Lichen: Growth Forms, Reproduction, and Value<\/strong>. (Microcosmic via youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3rQU5iy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silencing the alarm- An enzyme in the saliva of certain insects prevents their food plants from warning neighboring plants of an attack.<\/strong> (Sara LaJeunesse Penn State News) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vsN0H5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why seasonal climate forecasts aren\u2019t always accurate.<\/strong> (Pam Knox, The Garden Professors) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ODGAEp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery.<\/strong> (Simon Fraser University<\/a>, Phys.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qW9g92<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIDEO:  Bypass vs. anvil pruners.<\/strong> (Oklahoma Gardening via Youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2OQKCZX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambridge moonflower: Wait over for ‘UK’s first’ bloom.<\/strong> (BBC) https:\/\/bbc.in\/2OU5nUL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Monarch<\/a>
Monarch butterfly. Photo: Oregon State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Monarch Winter 2020\u201321 Population Numbers Released.<\/strong> (Susan Day, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38DxlLp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATCH: I Cannot Tell a Lie But Cherry Trees Do Die.<\/strong> (Jay Pschdeit, OSU via Youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eHVkNa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists discover attacking fungi that show promise against emerald ash borer.<\/strong> (University of Minnesota<\/a>, via Phys Org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eHSuYs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compost in Seed Starting Mix: Recipe for Success\u2026. or Failure?<\/strong> (John Porter, The Garden Professors) https:\/\/bit.ly\/30OE1C5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Fruit or Not to Fruit \u2013 The Story of Mast Seeding<\/strong> (Awkward Botany) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38IiKhw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from winter to spring<\/strong> (Richard B. Primack<\/a>, Boston University via The Conversation) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qRilQn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The contrarian rosarian\u2013debunking rose mythology.<\/strong> (Jim Downer, The Garden Professors) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3bRhJ9c<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catnip repels insects. Scientists may have finally found out how.  <\/strong>The plant triggers a receptor that, in other animals, senses pain and itch. (Erin Garcia de Jesus<\/a>, Science News) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eHMI9p<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cold Comfort  (How Bees survive cold temperatures)<\/strong> (Jon Zawislak, U of Arkansas Extension) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3cxQwYe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parasitic plants conspire to keep hosts alive-Mistletoe sends treemail.<\/strong>(Jules Berstein, UC Riverside) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tkstCM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horticultural Updates PDF 2021-April<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019 Attraction to Death. (By Ed Ricciuti, Entomology Today) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38JXQ1H The Dirt on Rock… 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-3005","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\/3005","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=3005"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3067,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005\/revisions\/3067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}