Effectiveness of IGRs (insect growth regulators) puts a premium on understanding pest development and getting spray timing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RYosha / Getty Images Unfortunately, many pests love fruit trees and can easily damage leaves and spoil harvests. However, there ...

Two insects tend to be the most prevalent pests in our area’s fruit trees: the codling moth (apples) and the western cherry fruit fly (cherries). Both create “wormy” fruit, and both, once the “worm” ...

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.

Few things are as disheartening as when pests enjoy the fruit you've grown. This easy trick helps keep fruit safe until you're ready to harvest it.

Many homeowners enjoy and actively grow either small fruit or tree fruit in their gardens or landscapes. That popularity does not come without its challenges from a variety of insect and disease pests ...

A "pocket orchard" of backyard fruit trees is a homeowner's dream. But far less dreamy are the pests that can ruin the harvest before it begins (not to mention the chemicals so often used to control ...

When Vasilis Rodovitis rips open his brown paper bag in a sunny persimmon orchard just outside Naousa, in Greece, I half expect groceries to spill out. Instead, a barely there gray cloud emerges. For ...

An enzyme from fruit fly testes could control bugs that carry disease and harm crops by stunting their ability to procreate, researchers report. “We have a toe in the door to control fruit fly ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Although the concept is based primarily on anecdotal evidence, research is starting to focus on how ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he dispels the myth that growing fruit trees and vegetable gardens near large native gum ...