Industry News

Urban bees: Pollinator diversity and plant interactions in city green spaces

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:44:25 GMT

With the right mix of plants, urban green spaces can be a rich habitat to support diverse pollinators, according to a study published July 15, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Benjamin Daniels from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and colleagues.

Inspectors survey Low Country trees after invasive beetle discovered

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:18:34 GMT

An invasive species of beetle discovered for the first time in South Carolina has state and federal officials conducting surveys in Charleston County to determine the extent of the insect’s spread.

Understanding Tree Location Importance

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:06:52 GMT

By Tree Services Magazine

Ask anyone over 50 years old, “What was the key phrase for good business in the 1970s?” If they can remember correctly, they’d answer “Location, Location, Location,” usually referring to the best place to install a new shopping mall, grocery store or residential subdivision. This reference was basically a real estate term, with location as a first and foremost, primary consideration in any business venture.

But that was then and this is now — or is it?

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Trees in Containers

Thu, 2 Mar 2017 19:16:47 GMT

By Tree Services Magazine

Many trees planted in containers perform poorly. Some decline rapidly after planting, while others become established, grow and then decline. Symptoms include marginal necrosis of leaves, undersized leaves, leaf drop, slow growth, branch dieback and, in some cases, whole tree death.

What’s causing the problem? Although a number of agents can cause some or all of these symptoms (including salts, specific ion toxicity and root disease), the most common cause is water deficit. Trees in containers are highly prone to water-deficit injury because transpirational water loss can quickly deplete all available water in the container substrate. Without frequent replenishment of available water, injury symptoms appear and tree performance declines.

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