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June 28, 2024
Schizolachnus pineti is an insect that does not cause any significant damage to pine trees, but affects their decorative effect. The insects settle on many species of pine trees, but they are particularly attracted to young plants, where they live in dense colonies along the needle rows.If the winter is not too severe, the colony […]
May 29, 2024
Dear colleagues, friends, partners! We are sincerely pleased to announce the successful implementation of Syngenta’s Tree Care chestnut protection programme. On 24 May 2024, at a meeting between representatives of the Research Centre for Plant Health and Ecosystem Planning ‘Green Clinic’ and the Communal Enterprise for the Maintenance of Green Spaces of Shevchenkovskiy district of […]
April 23, 2024
Galls are ball-shaped growths that form on the leaves of trees. The cause of gall formation may be the activity of insect pests: gall mites, gall nematodes. Galls cause significant damage to plants. In the article we will consider why galls appear; how they are formed, how to notice the first signs of galls on […]
December 22, 2023
Pine is an evergreen tree, which is a real decoration of forests, parks, gardens, homestead areas. This plant has natural healing properties and is often used in landscaping and landscape design, however, in the process of caring for pine trees, various unpredictable situations can occur, when the needles fall off, and you can also see […]
December 6, 2023
The red pine sawfly Neodiprion sertifer is an insect from the group of sawfly that feeds on pine needles. This insect is one of the most widespread and dangerous pine pests in Ukraine and other countries. The activity of the red pine sawfly can lead to significant losses for forestry, as it damages needles, reduces […]
October 3, 2021
Peptic ulcer of the tree. The person who chooses a tree in the Garden Center has a task – to grow a fast-growing healthy tree that can fight the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms into the bark with a good program of tree care. Caring for a tree is to help avoid the tree of stress. […]
October 2, 2021
Did your evergreen plant start to turn yellow in the spring? The usual time of seasonal fall of needles is autumn and this is a natural process. Therefore, you need to pay attention to who or what is the cause of yellowing – it may be symptoms of pests or cultural problems. Several pests are […]
August 26, 2021
Communication on phytopathology – what is it? Conscious systemic regularity or extreme necessity? It is no secret that all of us, or most of us, to a greater or lesser extent, are engaged in self-medication. We go to the doctor when it is very bad. We go to the vet – only when we realize […]
July 26, 2021
Mosquitoes are widespread all over the world. The most widely represented common mosquito (Culex pipiens), which lives wherever its main victim – a person – lives. Adult female mosquitoes are found in summer in residential and recreational areas, including vegetation around parks, overgrown areas and fields, in wet and damp places, in residential buildings on […]
May 26, 2021
Regenerative agriculture is, in other words, regenerative agriculture, where farmers rely on natural soil fertility to produce food, a return to traditional practices that include farming practices used several generations ago but armed with high-tech innovative solutions that combine natural soil productivity based on the study of the microbiome and the ability to influence fertility, […]
May 26, 2021
Powdery mildew – a common fungal disease that affects practically any tree species, as well as fruit, berry and vegetable crops. It appears as a white floury substance on the surface of leaves and young shoots. These are many tiny fungal spores that are carried through the air and infect new areas. Most often, the […]
May 6, 2021
Green Clinic Ecosystem Phytopathology Center in partnership with Syngenta offers a new innovative and effective way to treat chestnuts, which protects trees from the passing chestnut moth. Today in Kyiv on Ivan Franko Street, the Green Clinic Ecosystem Phytopathology Center team vaccinated chestnut moth trees for the first time. The treatment is injected directly into […]
May 6, 2021
What do we expect when we invest in a plot of land located in a green area, including a forest? Silence, clean air, towering pines and the smell of pine needles, which can not be compared with anything. Living in a house in such a place will be not only prestigious, but also cozy and […]
February 15, 2021
Characteristic signs of the disease are dark spots of various shades on plants. Irregular rusty-brown spots of dead tissue develop on the veins of the leaves. Diseased plants can look like they have been burned in the sun. Sunken ulcers, which contain fungal spores, develop on infected twigs, can also be on stems and fruits, […]
December 30, 2020
We are surrounded by sounds, and if the ear catches the nightingale’s song, the lark’s trill, the chirping of a sparrow or the voice of a cuckoo, involuntarily the eye seeks the source and listens. The sounds of the forest, the park, even in the city, in the garden and in the backyard, opening the […]
December 30, 2020
Forest conservation. Plots with their own forest or old beautiful trees are much more expensive. A person who chooses and buys them to build his house hopes to live among the trees for many years. When planning the development and improvement of such areas should be selected other than common design solutions for foundations, roads, […]
July 27, 2020
Tree diseases (non-infectious) occur under the influence of adverse environmental factors, which include: soil and climate (disturbances in the balance of nutrients, excess moisture, drought, frost, wind, snow); anthropogenic (air and soil pollution by industrial and transport emissions, use of pesticides, high level of recreation, etc.). The most common non-infectious diseases are: necrosis of leaves, […]
July 1, 2020
Conifers, like all others, are susceptible to pests. You can deal with them by knowing what they look like and how they damage trees and shrubs. Let’s consider the most common and dangerous pests of conifers. Bark Bark beetles can be called the most dangerous forest pests. Most parasites live and develop under the bark […]
April 28, 2020
Pine, a genus of coniferous trees of the pine family. These are evergreen trees that can live 400-600 years. But what to do if your pine is not so green, and in some places you can see yellow needles? Do not panic at once, thinking that the tree is disappearing or has already disappeared. Yellowing […]
April 9, 2020
Бактеріальна водянка дуба це системне, інфекційне, бактеріальне захворювання, збудником якого може бути Еnterobacter nimipressuralis або Enterobacter cloacae . Вражає переважно зрілі дерева у віці старше 50 років, але останнім часом його виявили на молодших деревах діаметр яких 10 – 12 см. Хімічно, рідина, що витікає з дерева – це насправді ферментований сік, який є спиртовим […]
March 11, 2020
Birch– familiar to all tree. It is very noticeable against the background of other trees due to its white bark. Compared to coniferous birch groves always seem very light.Birch has long been considered the most important resource for humans, everything was in progress – bark, flowers, wood… It is difficult to overestimate the importance of […]
February 25, 2020
Жуки-короїди – природна частина життєвого циклу хвойних лісів. Масштаби та інтенсивність нашестя короїду за останні два десятиліття – збільшуються, в основному, тому що підвищення температури сприяє збереженню зимових личинок жуків. Комахи не тільки поширюються на нові території, але і раніше вилуплюються і частіше розмножуються. Зазвичай зараження триває протягом декількох років, поки жуки не вбивають уражене […]
October 22, 2019
1.Leaves are an ideal carbon source for your compost heap. If you spread the collected leaves among other autumnal waste, you can get excellent compost. To speed up the decomposition of the leaves, shred them first, but this is not necessary. You can use the resulting compost in the following spring. 2.Leaf mould may not […]