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From your picture (see below), it looks like something is eating the leaves between the veins (an inconvenient process called "skeletonization"). This is most likely caused by insects, and several ...

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Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

Many fungi lead triple lives—acting as deadly insect pathogens, decomposers in the soil, and helpful partners living inside ...

A backyard garden often feels like a peaceful escape, filled with color, fragrance, and life. But that lively little ...

We gardeners understand the concept of separating. We routinely separate insects in our garden into “good” and “bad” columns.

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