#plantpests — Public Fediverse posts

Gardener mixed a soap spray for squash bugs, then a trap plant did the rest https://www.allforgardening.com/1865823/gardener-mixed-a-soap-spray-for-squash-bugs-then-a-trap-plant-did-the-rest/ #CucumberPlants #garden #GardenPest #gardening #PlantPests #SprayBottle #SquashBugs

Why You Should Think Twice Before Buying Plants From Home Depot & Other Big Box Stores https://www.allforgardening.com/1745872/why-you-should-think-twice-before-buying-plants-from-home-depot-other-big-box-stores/ #garden #HomeDepot #PlantPests

Trees are dying in Greece (and elsewhere), but not just to wildfires - to drought, which brings on plant stress, which makes them more susceptible to insect pests and diseases.

Follow-through effects of climate change that aren't so obvious...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/19/survived-wildfires-drought-killing-greece-fir-forests-aoe

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Greece #Drought #PlantStress #PlantPests

Hello #BloomScrolling enthusiasts. Here's what our hibiscus is showing now.

Questions: What is eating the leaves? How do I help the plant without using pesticides? I've tried a soap solution, but if it did work it was short lived or just washed off by the rains.

#Flowers #FloweringPlants #PlantPests #hibiscus

Parliament endorses EU emergency team to combat the entry of crop-damaging pests https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/parliament-endorses-eu-emergency-team-to-combat-the-entry-of-crop-damaging-pests/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ClaraAguilera #planthealth #planthealthlegislation #plantpests

EU to set a plant health emergency team against pest threats https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-to-set-a-plant-health-emergency-team-against-pest-threats/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #plantpests

📷 Fujifilm GA645Zi
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200 (120)

#BloomScrolling #BelieveInFilm #MediumFormat #AnalogPhotography #Fujifilm #Kodak #Gold200 #C41 #Aotearoa #Agapanthus #PlantPests

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[3] Latorre, S.M., Were, V.M., Foster, A.J., et al., 2023. Genomic surveillance uncovers a pandemic clonal lineage of the wheat blast fungus. PLOS Biology 21, e3002052+. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002052

[4] Callaway, E., 2023. Wheat disease’s global spread concerns researchers. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01043-8

#DOI #WheatBlast #PlantPests #AgriculturalResources

Figure 1 from [3] visually summarises the current status of spread https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002052#sec002

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[1] Callaway, E., 2016. Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time. Nature 532, 421–422. https://doi.org/10.1038/532421a

[2] Islam, M.T., Croll, D., Gladieux, P., et al., 2016. Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae. BMC Biology 14, 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0309-7

#DOI #WheatBlast #PlantPests #AgriculturalResources