In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto took note of Native Americans cultivating it east of the Mississippi River. George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785: "Planted all mycedars, all my pawpaw, and two honeylocusttrees."(...
A primary way that trees affect their environment is through contributing abscised biomass to the forest floor. Abscessed leaves, bark, and fine woody debris provide organic material that supports nutrient cycling and influences understory flammability (Scarff and Westoby2006; Hobbie2015). Decaying coars...
Born and raised in Minnesota, Taylor is also the owner of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and The Minneapolis Star Tribune, the state's largest newspaper. Taylor is also active in charity and has donated generously to Minnesota State University. Mississippi: James and Thomas Duff ...
In 2008, Americans were horrified when an undercover video was leaked to the Humane Society of the United States showing that the cows at the Hallmark/Westland meatpacking company in California were so sick they couldn't even walk to slaughter, and yet, the job was still done...
Stushnoff and U of S technician Rick Sawatzky picked up where Kerr left off and began crossing his trees to northern European and Minnesota varieties, most of which were obtained from the Vineland Research Station in Ontario. That work yielded the 1999 release of the U of S’s first dwarf...
It wasn’t clear where the grapes were grown, but black widows are native to Missouri and California, where many grapes come from. Both the spiders and the grapevines prefer temperate climates. But plenty of other spider species set up shop in fruit trees and bushes, not just black widows,...
Minnesota, two sites with L. caerulea planted just beyond black walnut failed to thrive from 2011-2014, and we have heard of similar cases in other parts of the country, even after the trees had been removed from the field. The Fall 2000Restoration and Reclamation Reviewexplains that juglone...
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This review deals with major diseases caused by fungi and oomycetes in the citrus supply chain, including post-harvest fruit diseases, and summarizes the strategies and techniques that may be adopted to prevent the damages and losses they cause. Its scope is to highlight the contribute that smar...