Cultivating plants such as lavender, marigolds, lemongrass, basil, and peppermint serves as a natural barrier against pests ...

Your plants aren’t the only things looking for a warm place to spend the winter.

Meet the good garden bugs that offer natural pest control, from ladybirds to parasitic wasps, and learn how to attract them ...

There’s plenty to be getting on with in the garden at this time of year, from planting garlic to servicing your lawnmower ...

A survey of 276 Sierra Leonean farms mapped widespread cassava diversity, regionally variable pest pressure and cassava ...

Many gardeners may be familiar with the concept of overwintering tender bulbs like canna, dahlia, gladiolus and elephant ear, ...

Dr. Leonardo Salgado's work focuses on managing pests that threaten the region's leafy greens, brassicas and melons.

A comparative review finds that widespread holokinetic chromosomes permit chromosome fissions and fusions but do not ...

Fall is here and falling leaves will soon be “littering” the yards. Homeowners trim back bushes and plants and rake up the ...

Miguel Braganza It is Dusshera or Vijaya Dashmi today. It is a day on which the soldiers polished and greased their weapons for battles and farmers sometimes converted their ploughshares into ...

Integrated pest management (IPM) in greenhouses during autumn combines prevention, monitoring, biological control, climate ...

Scale insects look more like bumps than bugs, making them easy to miss. A careful inspection and timely treatment can prevent ...