Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. mirceax / Getty Images Ask any vegetable gardener about beans and pull up a chair. Some grow lima beans, dry beans or wax beans ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered that gut microbes may influence where beetles lay their eggs and affect their offspring.

Yardwork is going slowly but purposefully. I thought I’d been diligent about following my notes from last season, but I slipped up and forgot to check the lilies when they began to emerge. Last season ...

American elms, Ulmus americana, are native to North America from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia and from Texas to Florida. They grow 60 to 80 feet tall, with a thick trunk, the shape of a vase and a ...

The leaves of my arrowwood viburnums look like they have been shredded. I had always believed this viburnum was trouble-free and easy to grow. What is this problem and what should I do? Your ...

Scientists explored the evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most diverse herbivores on Earth. They showed that symbioses with bacteria have evolved repeatedly and independently in different ...

Stuffy nose. Itchy eyes. Sneezing. Ragweed plants packed with lightweight pollen that spreads easily are a common trigger for hay fever symptoms such as these. It’s one of the most common weed ...

It feels like spring and our thoughts are turning to gardening. Turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — An invasive insect that feeds on lilies and other popular plants has been discovered in Minnesota for the first time. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) says a St. Paul ...

If you love your lilies in your garden, you may be living a gardening nightmare. The lily leaf beetle is eating its way across Michigan’s lilies. It’s been said we need to know our enemy. There are ...

A leaf-eating beetle has evolved a symbiotic relationship that allows the insect to break down pectin. The findings on the novel function of the bacterium, which has a surprisingly tiny genome -- much ...