In addition to planting advice (you've got time), this week's garden column tackles several questions about managing pests.

Galls are outgrowths induced on plants by other organisms. In some instances, they form when parasitic insects like midges, moths and wasps release substances that prompt the plant to produce more ...

The larval form is typically ... When scouting for soybean gall midge, it is unlikely that you will see adults in the field. If you do, you’ll find an insect resembling a slim-bodied fly with ...

Q We've let a plant take off in the back corner of our yard and we're unsure what it is (see reader's photo). Last year, we ...

A gall is a malformation of plant tissue caused by small insects often called gall makers. Galls form into different shapes and sizes and grow on different parts of the tree including leaves and stems ...

Galls represent a complex series of interactions between the tissues of a plant and another living organism, more frequently an insect. The understanding of ... approach" because the input data are in ...

The Ecology and Evolution of Gall-Forming Insects by United States Forest Service Publication date 1994 Topics Gall-inducing insects, Host plants, Tritophic interactions, Ecology, Evolution Publisher ...

A team of ecologists and entomologists affiliated with several institutions in Brazil, working with a colleague from Mexico, ...

Galls are bulbous outgrowths on some plants that are produced as a result of an insect releasing a substance through their epidermis. The move is intentional—after releasing the substance ...

Thousands of tiny nematode worms can join up to form tentacle-like towers that can straddle large gaps or hitch rides on ...

Gall midges, belonging to the family Cecidomyiidae, are minute dipteran insects renowned for their capacity to induce gall formation on a wide range of host plants. These galls, which arise from ...

Seeing a pine pollen cone, oak catkin or sower gall once each year is enough to continue to marvel at their beauty, unique ...