Posts Tagged: abiotic

Lawn Problems: Diseases Are Not Always To Blame

Your customers want their lawns to be beautiful and functional (Figure 1) but dead patches or other problems sometimes occur. Figuring out the cause of turfgrass damage can be a challenge since many plant pathogens affect grasses as well as numerous...

Winter is Coming- IPM Tips for Yard and Garden

Days are getting shorter and evenings cooler as winter approaches. Sweater weather also means a change in the to-do list around the yard. Here are a few things to consider when preparing your landscapes and gardens for winter. Frost Protect...

Curling Leaves on Plants

If you are puzzled by curling leaves on plants in your garden or landscape, you may need to do some detective work to figure out the cause. Curling leaves can be caused by many problems, including insect damage, disease, abiotic disorders, or even...

Plant problem diagnostic tool menu.

Plant problem diagnostic tool menu.

Landscape Tree Damage: It's Not Always a Pest Issue

[From the Spring issue of the UC IPM Retail Nursery & Garden Center News] Most disorders impacting landscape trees result from abiotic (non-living) disorders rather than attacks from biotic (living) pests like plant pathogens, insects, and...

Retailers Receive IPM Training

Gardeners and other consumers frequently look to retail nursery and garden center employees to answer questions about pests and pesticides. To help retailers stay abreast of current pest topics facing California, UC IPM held a workshop for retail...

An invasive adult female polyphagous shothole borer insect. [A.Eskalen]

An invasive adult female polyphagous shothole borer insect. [A.Eskalen]

Rose leaves turning brown from drought stress. [J.K.Clark]

Rose leaves turning brown from drought stress. [J.K.Clark]

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