How series Pubescentes changed the horticultural landscape.
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Note: This article is part of the Growing Knowledge series in Digger magazine. This series is provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture and in partnership with the Oregon Association of Nurseries.
Disinfectants: In search of a silver bullet
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Answers to the question, “What is the best product to use for disinfecting tools, benches and greenhouses?”
Better-bred berries for the retail market
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Researchers recommend new and improved varieties of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries to re-energize the Northwest’s small fruits industry.
A biological introduction to cyanobacterial mats
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Get the facts on the slimy green growth that plagues
nursery container yards.
Soil solarization in container nurseries and field production
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Discover this hot tool for managing diseases and weeds in container nurseries and field production.
A tale of two lilacs: Part I — Syringa
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Among the six series of lilacs, two clades are as different as they are important to the horticulture industry — Syringa and Pubescentes.
Living in the land of mosses
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Learn all about one of the Pacific Northwest’s most opportunistic plants
Managing for brown marmorated stink bug
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This costly and annoying pest has few barriers to its growth in Oregon
Tough growing in Oregon’s high desert
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Care must be taken to choose plants that can adapt to frosty mornings, scorching afternoons and sterile soils
Gardening on the go
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New mobile app developed by OSU helps pick plants for a fire-resistant landscape
