Texas A&M Forest Service honors law enforcement officers
...micro burn pattern indicators. Grass stems, scorching patterns on tree bark and ash color are all indicators that allow investigators to determine the origin of a fire. Based on the...
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January 9, 2025
April 5, 2024
Landscaping to help protect from wildfires
...growth, and the cambium layer can be found between the xylem and phloem structures of the plant. “Look for moist, green or cream-colored inner bark,” Reid said. “If the inner...
August 8, 2023
Texas timber finding added value in new markets
...bark beetles or wildfire to finish the job. Carbon sequestration and better harvest values are good incentives for neighbors to work together, he said. “The economy of scale works against...
October 26, 2022
New entomologists bolster AgriLife Extension pest programs
...at the center focused on the crape myrtle bark scale and white fly infestations in poinsettias. “The goal with experiments will be to provide the best options for ornamental growers,...
August 31, 2022
Remote monitoring helps find solutions to crapemyrtle bark scale
...with the University of Florida, round out the team. The crapemyrtle bark scale insect is crafty. It has long mouthparts that penetrate into crevices of the crapemyrtle bark and has...
September 22, 2021
Expanding Texas’ integrated pest management teachings
...tawny crazy ant and red imported fire ant. Garden pollinator promotion and conservation. Integrated pest management of crape myrtle bark scale. Enhancing statewide outreach, crop detection efforts The grant will...
January 14, 2021
Vice Chancellor’s Awards recognize Texas A&M AgriLife personnel
...work with the Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Team, recognized for its national impact via webinars, YouTube videos and publications. Service Awards The Diagnostic Services Award was presented to Terry Hensley, DVM,...
May 17, 2020
Opinion: Murderous hornets are just the latest crime wave against native insects
...or food (the past 10 years of my career have been spent studying ways to manage crape myrtle bark scale, an exotic Asian insect pest likely brought here by a...
January 9, 2019
AgriLife Extension Superior Service awards presented to agency faculty, staff
...Station. Denise Hickey, public relations and water conservation manager, North Texas Municipal Water District, Plano. Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Team Dr. Mengmeng Gu, AgriLife Extension specialist–horticultural sciences, College Station. Dr. Mike...
September 3, 2018
Video: How to treat crapemyrtle bark scale at home
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service urban entomologist Dr. Mike Merchant walks viewers through the proper steps for treating crapemyrtle bark scale, or CMBS. (Texas A&M AgriLife video) Writer: Gabe Saldana,...
January 9, 2018
AgriLife Extension Superior Service awards presented to agency faculty, staff
...Station. Denise Hickey, public relations and water conservation manager, North Texas Municipal Water District, Plano. Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Team Dr. Mengmeng Gu, AgriLife Extension specialist–horticultural sciences, College Station. Dr. Mike...
September 11, 2017
Crapemyrtle pest to be targeted by $3.3 million grant to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
...are available. But the bark scale could take a serious bite out of that. Crapemyrtle bark scale infected limb. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension photo by Dr. Mengmeng Gu) “Crapemyrtle bark...
March 9, 2017
Crape myrtle bark scale study reveals tree treatments to fight pest
...that subsequently results in black mold along the branches and tree trunk, Vafaie said. The crape myrtle bark scale has not shown to be fatal for plants. But the bark...
March 25, 2016
Researchers begin tracking crape myrtle bark scale populations
...crape myrtle bark scale, an invasive insect species from Asia, secrete a sugary solution, known as honeydew, that subsequently results in black mold along the branches. The crape myrtle bark...
October 12, 2004
From El Paso to Texarkana: New Texas Superstar Oak shines in adaptability
...to 50-feet tall. “Thus, chinkapin oak remains more in scale with Texas residential plantings than some larger shade trees,” Arnold said. Arnold wrote in his official review of the tree:...
October 29, 2002
Lacey Oak designated as a Texas Superstar
...height and spread, he added. Lacey oaks display a picturesque irregularly rounded crown atop a stoutish trunk. These attributes, along with a textured gray bark, make this tree “a handsome...
