This study investigated the magnitude of inbreeding depression in fecundity, and whether the depression is purged during six generations of sib mating in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini. The ...

Bulb mites are diploid, sexually reproducing pests of subterranean structures of plants and foods in storage (reviewed in Diaz et al, 2000).The sex ratio of adults at the time of emergence is ...

A reader wonders why her gladiolus buds kept shrinking or turning brown this past summer instead of opening properly. These same bulbs have produced lovely plants for many years -- are they simply ...

A: It is clear that your lemon has crossed with a space alien, or maybe it was a garden gnome.Actually, the photo you sent shows a classic example of damage caused by citrus bud mites. These are ...

Harvest cool-season herbs now before they lose quality when temperatures rise. (CHRIS GRANGER) Constant watering rapidly leaches nutrients from the soils of container plants, so fertilizing plants ...