Nevada Appeal

JoAnne Skelly: Do systemic insecticides work against bark beetles in pines?

My friend Roni and I were discussing an upcoming heavy pruning on her pine trees, which are growing into power lines. She said she was planning on using a systemic insecticide containing imidacloprid ...
JSTOR Daily

The implementation of systemic insecticides and increased irrigation against gall wasp and scale insect pests attacking Ficus trees in Hawaii

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 106, No. 4 (December 2023), pp. 244-247 (4 pages) Chinese banyan, Ficus microcarpa (Rosales: Moraceae), and weeping banyan, F. benjamina (Rosales: Moraceae), are ...
Beyond Pesticides

Take Action: Elimination of the Insecticide Is Both a Public Health and Ecosystem Issue

(Beyond Pesticides, July 8, 2024) Please submit comments by Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Acephate, an insecticide and member of the highly toxic organophosphate (OP) family, is so toxic that EPA is ...
AZ Central

Ask the Expert: How do I protect plants from spotted lanternflies this year?

Systemic insecticides for spotted lanternflies can harm pollinators. Physically remove spotted lanternfly egg masses before they hatch. Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU ...