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    May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  1. Field trial results released

    BROOKINGS - During the 2012 growing season, SDSU Extension staff researched the effectiveness of fungicide seed treatments, cultural controls and foliar fungicides to manage plant diseases. The results are now available for growers to review at iGrow.org....

    Tags: Research, Medical Specialization, Pathology, Trials

  2. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| AM News
  3. Mulch and mold have their roles in landscape

    Mulch has many benefits around plant beds, foundation shrubs and other gardening locations in the yard. However, nuisance fungi occasionally grow on mulch applied to landscape plants and trees.
    Contributing Writer
    Mulch has many benefits around plant beds, foundation shrubs and other gardening locations in the yard. However, nuisance fungi occasionally grow on mulch applied to landscape plants and trees. In landscape beds and gardens, mulch helps control weeds,...
  4. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  5. What's ailing your plants?

    Special to Tribune Newspapers
    Q. I have had some problems with plant diseases in the past and wanted some advice on how to get them identified. --Tom Hansen, Libertyville A. In order to get an accurate diagnosis of a plant problem, it is important to provide a good sample along with...

    Tags: Chicago Botanic Garden

  6. Nov 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  7. Home chore checklist makes way for winter

    Akron Beacon-Journal
    Ready to hunker down for winter? Not so fast. Now's the time to tackle a few chores that will help your house and yard ride out the cold season ahead. Here are a few to check off your to-do list. Clean the gutters Gutters and downspouts direct...

    Tags: Labor Day, Ethanol, Environmental Issues, Labor Legislation, Chemical Industry

  8. Jul 13, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News
  9. Hackberry tree is a durable addition to the yard

    I have a hackberry tree that has started to grow in the middle of a rose bush. The ground is dry, hard caliche. For the last three years, we have suffered through a drought. I appreciate any tree that can survive in this terrible soil. However, when I...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Inorganic Chemical Industry, Chemical Industry, South Dakota State University, Gardening

  10. Mar 9, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News
  11. MSU ag technology to enter global biopesticide market

    BOZEMAN, Mont. - There is a vial of little blue pellets in Barry Jacobsen's lab. Its contents, a bacterium taken from a few healthy leaves in a northeast Montana sugar beet field overrun with disease, could save farmers around the world millions of...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections, Science, Immune System

  12. Mar 11, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News
  13. Ag groups at odds over Roundup claims

    (AP) - Agriculture technology firms and South Dakota producers are refuting claims by a Purdue scientist that Roundup Ready technology could be responsible for a microscopic pathogen "that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technology, Health, Purdue University, Education

  14. Mar 7, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News
  15. Ag groups seek to quell negative Roundup claims

    (AP) — Agriculture technology firms and South Dakota producers are trying to refute claims by a Purdue scientist that Roundup Ready technology could be responsible for a microscopic pathogen "that appears to significantly impact the health of...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biotechnology Industry, Technology, Health, Chemical Industry

  16. Jan 17, 2011 | Allentown Morning Call
  17. All of My Plants are Getting Sick!

    Lehigh Valley Master Gardeners
    I sometimes am asked if some kind of blight is coming through affecting many different types pf plants and shrubs in a person's yard. The answer is usually "no". Most plant diseases and insects are selective. They only affect certain......
  18. Dec 31, 2010 |Story| Aberdeen News
  19. Extension Coffee Shop topics set for January

    n past columns I have visited with you about the Virtual Coffee Shop sessions that are available to view on your computer. The Coffee Shop is a web-based, interactive discussion hosted by Extension experts that lets South Dakota agricultural producers and...

    Tags: Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Science and Technology

  20. Dec 31, 2010 |Story| Aberdeen News
  21. Private applicator certification/pest management meetings

    Private Pesticide Applicator Certification (PAT) Meetings have been scheduled for Lyman, Jones, Mellette, Todd, Tripp and Gregory counties in 2011. The meetings are listed in the calendar at the end of this column. Private applicators, whose certification...

    Tags: Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Chemical Industry

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