Abstract Systena frontalis (F.) is a major insect pest of nursery production systems in the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast regions United States. Adults feed on plant leaves, which reduces salability nursery-grown plants. There are limited options available to protect plants from S. adult feeding damage, foliar insecticide applications labor intensive. Systemic insecticides applied growing m...

Abstract Hickories (Carya Nutt.) include multiple stately, native trees that offer ornamental features and site adaptability. Immense interest exists in effectively producing these trees, however, due to their lag-phase shoot growth strong development of a taproot with minimal fibrous-root branching, exhibit resistance standard growing techniques are purportedly difficult transplant successfull...

Ash dieback is a fungal disease (causal agent Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) infecting Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) throughout temperate Europe. The disease was first discovered in the UK in 2012 in a nursery in Southern England, in plants which had been imported from the Netherlands. After sampling other recently planted sites across England, more infected trees were found. Tree trade from outsid...

Pistacia lentiscus (Anacardiaceae; mastic tree) is an evergreen sclerophyll species, largely distributed in dry areas of the Mediterranean basin and well-adapted to severe conditions of drought in very unfertile soils. In the present study, we evaluated the growing responses of two accessions of P. lentiscus to three different levels of salinity under nursery conditions. The two mastic tree acc...