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Events (4)

Augmentative Biological Control in Protected Culture and Greenhouses: Small Farms Winter Webinars

noon - 1pm

Thu, 01/28/2021 - 12:00

Online

Augmentative Biological Control in Protected Culture and Greenhouses

Dudley Smith Farm Winter Meeting

10AM - 3PM CT

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 12:00

Online

grazing black cows on a winter pasture

All About Berries

10:00 AM

Thu, 02/18/2021 - 12:00

Online

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All About Berries

10:00 AM

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 12:00

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Blog Posts (24)

Hackberry Gall

Purple Martins

Asian Lady Beetles

Bacterial Leaf Scorch in Oaks

This pin oak tree tested positive for bacterial leaf scorch and displays the most distinctive symptoms characterized by brown leaf margins, a colorful band and green tissue along leaf veins.

It's big, but it's not a murder hornet: How to identify large wasps

picture of a European hornet on a leaf, a cicada killer on a leaf, and a baldfaced hornet on flowers

Noticing Yellow Soybeans

Interveinal chlorosis on soybean leaves

Landscaping Fiction: Don't believe it

tomado demonstrating blossom end rot

Landscaping Fiction: Don't be fooled by fiction

mole emerging from soil

Pollinator Pockets

Submit your application today so you can proudly post a Pollinator Pockets sign in your garden.

Hornworm caterpillars on tomatoes

a large tobacco hornworm feeding on a tomato leaf

Tomato Care

Tomatoes are one of the most planted garden crops in the US, with several common problems here in central Illinois that can be managed through fairly simple cultural practices.

Plant Pathogen Spread

The alien-looking fingers protruding from these crabapples release spores that can infect trees in the juniper family to perpetuate cedar-apple rust disease.

Japanese Beetle Emergence

Japanese beetles emerge each June to feed on a variety of host plants, like this rose.

Controlling Spotted-Wing Drosophila

Trouble(s) with Cucurbits

squash bug nymphs feeding on pumpkin vines

Trouble(s) with Tomatoes

a green tobacco hornworm on a tomato stem

Starting a Garden: Pest Management

squash vine borer larva inside of the stem of a zucchini plant

Talking Biodiversity, Habitat, and Sustainability in the American Landscape

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Scouting in the Garden

Squash bugs

squash bugs

Living with Japanese Beetles

japanese beetle

Blossom End Rot

Common Tomato Diseases

tomato plant

Mosquito and Tick Season is Upon Us

mosquito on a human arm

News Releases (6)

Become a U of I Extension Master Gardener

Learn to manage pests and diseases in the home landscape

COVID creates shortage of PPE for pesticide applicators

All About Berries Series in Macoupin County

Resistance for Fusarium head blight is key in integrated disease management strategy for wheat in 2020

Extension to Host Weed and Pest Management Webinar

Staff (2)

Doug Gucker staff photo

Douglas B. Gucker

Extension Educator, Local Food Systems and Small Farms

Ken Johnson Staff Photo

Ken Johnson

Extension Educator, Horticulture