Selected Articles
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– Bob Bly
Plants
• COEVOLUTION Insects that make cyanide
• HISTORY Potato blight: the 19th century Irish famine and 21st century threat
• HOUSEPLANT CARE Heartleaf Philodendron Care 101 – Tips & Mistakes to Avoid
• PERENNIALS How to grow azure monkshood for stunning color
• PLANT DEFENSE Chili peppers fight back!
• PLANT PATHOGENS What is citrus greening?
• TOXINS Are hellebores toxic to animals or people?
• TREES Restoration chestnut may help bring iconic tree back to American forests
• VEGETABLES How to prevent, identify, and treat blight on tomatoes
Agriculture
• ANT CONTROL How to manage an Argentine ant infestation
• BIOCONTROL How to use Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) to control insect pests
• EMERGING PESTS How to manage a spotted lanternfly infestation
• ENTOMOLOGY Insects that make cyanide
• FRUIT BROWNING Polyphenol oxidase enzymes cause browning of fruit and vegetables
• FRUIT TREES 9 of the best cold hardy avocado trees
• FUNGICIDES How to rotate fungicides to prevent resistance
• PHEROMONES Using pheromones to control insects in your garden
• SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Chrysantheum white rust outbreak in southern California
Soil Inoculants
• The benefits of using soil inoculants and microbes in the garden
• Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
• Bacillus subtilis
• Streptomyces lydicus
• Trichoderma
Microbiology
• FUNGAL BIOLOGY Fungal haustoria absorb nutrients from living plant cells
• MYCOLOGY Biotrophic versus necrotrophic fungi
• SOIL MICROBIOLOGY Streptomyces, antibiotics, and microbial conflict in the soil
Other Science
• AMINO ACIDS What is isoleucine?
• LIGNIN DEGRADATION What is delignification?
• POLLUTANTS What are polychlorinated biphenyls?
• SLEEP SCIENCE What is sleep hygiene?
• TOXINS Domoic acid poisoning in sea lions
• VACCINES What is an influenza antigen?